For the last post of the year, I thought maybe I ought to do
another “best of” collection. When I checked, it looks like I haven’t done one
since 2015. I’ve done the occasional “what is the Spherical Model?” type of
post—which I’ll probably do for the first post of 2019, if you’re wondering. Anyway,
I don’t think I want to go back further than just 2018 for this “best of” post.
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| Jordan Peterson screen shot from here |
It was January 2018 when I learned who Jordan Peterson was. My
studying his speeches and book started with the interview he did with Cathy
Newman, which got so much media attention, because she seemed so incapable of
understanding what he was saying:
“So, what you’re saying is…”
“No, I didn’t say that at all.”
Several dozen times. Anyway, that got my attention, and I
started listening to his talks on YouTube. Eventually I bought and read his recent
book, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to
Chaos, which I think ranks as my favorite read of the year.
A quick search shows I mentioned him in 19 posts, or about
20%. That’s a lot of influence on my thinking. Thomas Sowell gets more mentions
on this blog, but I started referring to him from the beginning. This year I
only found seven Thomas Sowell mentions.
There were some themes—ideas that came up multiple times,
sometimes with some crossover:
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Truth, Reality, and Civilization
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Feminism
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LGBT Issues
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| Thomas Sowell screen shot from here |
Other issues pop up as well. So, what I’ll do is list the
most-read pieces of the year—plus maybe a couple I thought should be. I’ll
organize loosely by subject, and I’ll highlight some of the Jordan Peterson or
Thomas Sowell influenced posts, and other bits of information about some of the
pieces. There’s more here than you’re like to wade through. But I hope you’ll enjoy
sampling some of what was going on in 2018 at the tiny think tank that is the Spherical Model.
Truth, Reality, and Civilization
Feminism
LGBT Issues
Other Subjects
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| Linda Nuttall Spherical Model writer |
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