The Communist manifesto - Karl Marx , Friedrich Engels

A great literature, beautiful theory.

In my view, human are social animals. We collaborated to build great things. The better collaboration, the better products we produced.

There is one most important good we construct, that's the social structure. Bigger and moderner population needs stronger, more effectively social form. 

So we changed our sociality continuously. The process was not smooth but brutal in blood and steel.

The winner will be which system could generate more material objects and satisfy its citizen's needs. Beside of human network, there is one more key element. It's means of production. For example one person with a Death Star absolutely can beat a planet of Earth 2023.

However, the social structure which created to connect people. It will give some people at right position higher power than their peers. That's the beginning of unfair and unequal in human community. It could not be destroy with current science and technology.

Recently, the better system is the system that allow smooth transfer between classes. Let the crowd the hope to climb on power ladder.

 

Polygot's way to learn languages

1. Enjoyment
1. Your unique method that make you happy when learning
2. Nothing to do with smart
2. Effective Methods
1. revise vocabulary, spaced repetion
2. 
   
3. System
1. put to daily life, make a habit
2. tracking
4. Patience

Refs: https://www.npr.org/2023/05/26/1176771630/theres-a-secret-to-learning-many-languages-and-it-has-nothing-to-do-with-smarts

Stepping into freedom - Thich Nhat Hanh

 It is a guideline for monastics. Ten precepts and five manners, detail of what to do in daily life and some rituals, Dharma sutras for practicing. 

I heard about the complex and detail of monastics commandments or disciplines when I was in a temple. But when I really read it. It hard to image how a mortal being could keep discipline.

By the ways, the buddhism monastic method for archiving freedom is adopting precepts and manners, choosing to keep the code, law that they respect and believe. By doing that, they transform and reconstruct their self, ego. Put it in their own realm of freedom.

How amazing for those who created and spread the meaning of life.

Exception - TV series

 A crew was sent to another planet far from earth to transform the planet to human-friendly environment. They challenged the definitions of self, ego, human or reality when using a high-tech tool called the Womb to print another self of them.

 

Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis - Andrew Ross Sorkin

I read this book in 5 months. A very long time for a book and It is worth reviewing.

Compared to other publications about 2007 Financial Crisis. This book tells the stories from the most powerful involved. They are top CEOs and government leaders who are in charge of all situation from top down. 

We will not see much technical theories or numbers. Powerful people have the different perspective, overview from outside the box. I'm pretty sure they will have a team explaining to them the details. But in chaotic events like this. They collaborated and made quick decisions as we saw.

Did they do the good for economy by sacrificing capitalism and break the free market rules. Unfair bailout a big finance coporation while leting other die? We could not know because those were one-time events and the multiverse couldnot be observed  until now.

Artemis - Cuộc chiến trên mặt trăng

In another universe, Artemis city on the moon.

It's the story of Jasmine "Jazz" Bashara. From a smugger to become a anti-hero or hero and super smugger of the Moon.

It's an interesting story, not as high tech as I expected but it seems to have enough scientific elements. 

The novel explains a simple thought experiment of Andy Weir about the ways small economic system could function in a distant colony. It explores how the goverment, the big coporations and underground oganizations originate from the basic needs of human.

Sex, explained on Netflix

It's a natural science limited series on netflix. From Sexual fantasies, attractions, birth control to fertility and childbirth.

It delivered to me a lot of informations and knowledges. I feel more respect to the mothers who gave birth and those will do in the future. Sexuality is just the beginning of the stories, but public known because of its entertainments. Others are less interesting and not widely known.

Mặt dày tâm đen - Chin-Ning Chu

 "Thick face, black heart" is a mindset. It protects us from the distractions outside and inside, help us focus on our target and mission.

  Thick face is building a face, a brand, a shell, an outside appearance that could help us achieving our target and mission. When black heart is the strongly believe on what we are doing and its necessary. 

   The author introduce this mindset as a tool, and tt could be bad or good depends on its purpose. Man should have purpose, play their role on their position. 

   From many stories in the books, the authors give evidence that she has practiced "thick face, black heart" so well. Although other contents are complicated and sometimes conflict with each other. Ms Chu suggest that world was not perfect and contradiction is its nature. I must say that I dont agree with her all but the concept of TFBH is really interesting and realistic.

A nice book to read, but dont believe it all.

thân thể dữ tâm linh

 Đau như cắt ruột, ruột gan rối bời... những từ ngữ chỉ sự đau khổ về tinh thần chính là thể chất. Bởi thân thể và tinh thần là chẳng thể chia cắt được.

Ngày vợ tôi phải đi học xa, cảm giác một phần thân thuộc của mình sắp phải rời xa thân thể. Tôi nghĩ mình sẽ bình tâm đón nhận sự chia ly, nhưng khi em ôm mèo lại không cầm được nước mắt.

Lúc ở sân bay, tim gan tôi chộn rộn, lòng chẳng nghĩ được gì nhiều. Cố gắng bình tĩnh để tạm biệt em nhưng mà nỗi buồn trên mặt chẳng thể che giấu được.

Ngôi nhà của chúng tôi nay nhìn trống trải hẳn, trong không khí dường như thiếu thiếu một cái gì đó làm tôi nghẹn ngào khó thở.

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