Operation Mind Control | By: Walter Bowart 1978 | Type: documentary |
70% : Wow it could be true |
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meaning : he put's forward the case that the CIA controls 1000s of spies across the world secretly by hypnosis...well no-one can disprove him..scary |
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City Of Joy | By: Roland Joffe | Type: Deep Novel |
80% : Makes you really understand why poverty happens in India |
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A very good read..and very insightful.. I'm glad I read when I was in India. |
meaning : Lots : people get poor because of
culture; they have lots of children, the land gets
divided up, they get poorer, they feel they must give a
big dowry for their daughters , they get poorer; they
feel that they should give money to the priests
especially if times are bad, they get poorer The Mafia are actually good, because they look after the lepers so they can get their cut from the begging. And they keep down crime , because they want to preserve their own rackets. You see life is not a sipmle as we would like to believe |
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My Secret History | By: Paul Theroux | Type: Travelogue (fictional) |
70% : Interesting portrayl of travel and sex |
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He claims it's his fictious autobiography ...but it rings very true |
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Riding The Iron Rooster | By: Paul Theroux | Type: Travelogue |
70% : Interesting insight into China |
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It reads very well, though it's claimed that he made most of it up... well TRUTH is a God to me |
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test | By: Tom Wolfe 1968 | Type: Documentary |
75% : Will put you off LSD for life |
Review : Tale of the discovers of LSD..KenKensey and The Merry Pranksters. A readable adventure. LSD expands their mind ,but ultimately leads to their self destruction. |
meaning : The point being that good trips are OK ,but bad trips can really fuck you up ; and you never know if you will have a good or a bad trip. |
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Confronting The Future | By: Charles Birch | Type: documentarz |
60% : Good, and interesting views about way of life and enviroment |
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Brave New World | By: Aldous Huxley | Type: documentary |
65% : Great Book |
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comments : Consumption becomes the main point of society.. we must consume as much as possible God replaced by Ford Believe you're happy ..don't question |
On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience | By: Henry David Thoreau | Type: documentary |
75% : Great Book |
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comments : Dewy 818 written before American civil war people are crazy to live like machines self sustaining - lived for a whole year in his own house disappointed that old people have learnt nothing and are naively prejudiced in clothes and housing westerners want unnecessary opulence. We can live much more simply |
The Human Zoo | By: Desmond Morris | Type: documentary |
65% : Great Book |
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6 Thinking Hats | By: Edward De Bono | Type: documentary |
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more lateral thinking techniques ..see synopsis |
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