# What Kind of World Do We Live In?

**URL:** https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/what-kind-of-world-do-we-live-in/1714
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**Created:** [February 11, 2023, 5:03am UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/what-kind-of-world-do-we-live-in/1714 "2023-02-11T05:03:19Z")
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### Author: ![ActiveMind](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/user_avatar/discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/activemind/32/5560_2.png) [@ActiveMind](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/ActiveMind)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2025, 9:37pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/what-kind-of-world-do-we-live-in/1714/144 "2025-04-27T21:37:46Z")

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> [@Elliot](#):
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> See also [Curiosity – Popper Ignores Hamilton](https://curi.us/2281-popper-ignores-hamilton)

That blog post is the reason why I found her book. I’ve also read _Greek Ways_ because of that blog. I also liked that book.

I’ve read lots of your blog posts. When I was lurking I would sometimes habitually scroll your list of posts to find interesting things. I’ve also read stuff multiple times.

> [@Elliot](#):
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> I really enjoyed her book titled _Mythology_

I have that one too. I started reading that and the _The Iliad_ but stopped for some reason.

> [@Elliot](#):
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> It’s not exactly the same but I recommend this if you haven’t read it [Amazon.com: The World of Parmenides: Essays on the Presocratic Enlightenment: 9780415237307: Karl Popper, Arne F. Peterson, Jorgen Mejer: Books](https://www.amazon.com/World-Parmenides-Essays-Presocratic-Enlightenment/dp/0415237300)

I bought it recently. I’ve read your recommended chapters in _Conjectures and Refutations_. I would’ve read more Popper stuff if already if I didn’t have the mindset that I should comment on things and post them here. I also would’ve read more of your CF articles in my lurking period for the same reason. Eventually I read almost everything by Rand before I joined the forum though.

I think it’s still holding me back that I think I have to do heavy analysis the first time I read important philosophy stuff. Perhaps I should just read things one time without doing analysis if I feel like it.

> [@Elliot](#):
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> I read some _One Thousand and One Arabian Nights_ which was OK.

A long term project of mine is to read high level stuff of every major culture in history. I’m particularly interesting in knowing the ideas of cultures so I would read stuff like _One Thousand and One Arabian Nights_.

Do you have good world history books recommendations? [Peikoff’s recommendations](https://peikoff.com/historyreadinglist/) are hard to get and expensive. I’ll read the W.W. Norton publication, _Western Civilizations_ at least. I would like some rest of the world stuff too.

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