Has anyone read Decayed Lust, or either of the other two in the series that Chung Wenyin wrote? Any thoughts?
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Reading this. As it says, its about how Peron brought the Nazi war criminals to Argentina, setting up the rat lines. The most shocking stuff is how complicit Peron regime was(they even funded peoples transport) and how involved the vatican wasďźtop level cardinals, reporting directly to the Pope).
I read this out of morbid curiosity when it first came out. It confirmed the assumption I had throughout his reign that the âdumb guyâ thing was a very clever charade. I donât remember the details too well now though.
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I was curious and decided to read the description. Although I donât necessarily disagree with the premise, this part struck me as unfair:
ââŚmost young people in the United States do not read literature, visit museums, or vote. They cannot explain basic scientific methods, recount basic American history, name their local political representatives, or locate Iraq or Israel on a map.â
Canât this same thing be said for most Americans of all generations? Iâm sure all those points apply to all generations here in Britain too (even when replacing âAmerican historyâ with âBritish historyâ).
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I started at the Online learning stuff. Dunno if tech ed has caught up, but none of the studies they saw in 2009 supported tech in classrooms as beneficial to reading or math. Kids have the tech and the desire to communicate with their friends, but lack the verbal/social skills to do soâ apparently.
Other books I picked up last weekend:
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The geography part, yes.
Even our own geography. Most Americans of all generations wonât be able to tell your where most US states are.
Lack of self-consciousness is a fruit of being a superpower.
Itâs amazing how old people only read non-fiction.
Let me know how âthe only good indiansâ is. Iâve heard good things about it.
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The hell are you on about? Half the books I put up are fiction. 
Also, younger folks read fiction so they can feel life is predictable and makes sense. I prefer the world as it is, warts and all. Sigh 
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Itâs amazing how young people misread small samples and believe with confidence that they understand the world
Just kidding, not all young people. But if one person does the same thing repeatedly, a limited conclusion could be drawnâŚ
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Triumph of the City sounds interesting. I used to work with an Australian guy in Taichung whoâd gesture expansively and say, âYou see all this? This is the future of humanity!â
Living as I do in the FREAKING WOODS now I kind of get his point. The countryside is emptying out, many of the villages are almost empty, and the future seems to be in whatever metropolis is nearest. More money, more opportunities, more everything.
Iâve been reading a history of California. Canât remember the name of the book, but itâs impressively written. The early parts about the lives Americans led in Spanish/Mexican California reminded me a lot of expats in Taiwan.
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Most of the great ideas and technology comes from cities and the meeting of minds and shared destinies.
I read one-fiction and one non-fiction, in that order
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Tolstoy, as an older man, was once asked why he didnât write more fiction. He replied that, after a certain age, it became hard to take seriously the deep feelings of Miss Anna for Master Nikolai.
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