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ORamen, Tia B’s, and Saggios are phenomenal reminders. I especially need to get back to ORamen. I keep looking for another ramen spot closer to home, but I haven’t yet found one as good as ORamen.

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Sam,

I’ve read the first of the Mistborn series (Final Empire), and it was great. My daughter is nagging me to read “The Way of Kings” (The first of the Stormlight series); it is one of her favorite books of all time.

Over the last several years I have been reading more and more SciFi/Fantasy, after reading only overly serious books for so long. I missed out. My favorites have been Card’s “Ender’s Game”, Heinlein’s “Starship Troopers”, Weir’s “Project Hail Mary”, Scalzo’s “Old Man’s War”, etc.

Jeff

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I’ve still never played MInecraft, but I love a couple of games that are clearly inspired by it: Terraria (pretty much a clone with graphics) and Satisfactory (it’s like minecraft with fancy graphics and industrialization).

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Kami,
Yes. I already have “The Pitt” on my watchlist. It looks phenomenal. I am just waiting for it to get started on the second season before I begin so I don’t have to wait too long for more episodes.
Thanks – Jeff

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Jay,

We’ll be covering Epictetus’ Stoicism (he was Aurelius’ mentor), but, sadly, one of the philosopher’s that had to be cut because this class is so rushed was Nietzsche (I usually cover him in this class).

Jeff

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Brogan,

One of the headers on my website is “Propaganda” and it is actually a sorted list of book and movie recommendations. For movie nerds, a fun one is “Cinema Paradiso” if you don’t mind subtitles. Others not on the lists there that you should check out are “Waking Life” and “Momento”.

Jeff

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Kyleigh,

We could make a good team, because one of my hobbies is etymology (and you are probably one of the few people who know what that means, and why it is a stupid joke).

Book recommendation: Yong’s “Immense World” on insect and animal perception. And if you also like the nasty and microscopic types of critters, he also wrote a fun book on human parasites, “I Contain Multitudes”.

Jeff

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Hi Rhys!

I think you’ll be pleased with how often you’ll find crossovers with psychology in our class this semester.

Note that I created one of these “introduction” threads to be about board games and video games, because those are two of my favorite things as well. (Right now I am obsessed with playing Space Base on BoardGameArena…it’s like joining board gaming with pc gaming.)

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I’m Jeff Salbato (your teacher), but I prefer Jeff. You only need to introduce yourself in one of these sub-topics, but, because I’m the supposed leader here, I’ll post in all of them…

Hidden food joints: Arirang Korean, Coda Vietnamese Bakery, Magokoro Japanese (closed for now), Viet Rice, Gyros Mediterranean, Thai Cuisine, Don Choche, Curry Leaf, Tako Ten, Tap N Taco, Federidelfos, Il Vicino.

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I’m Jeff Salbato (your teacher), but I prefer Jeff. You only need to introduce yourself in one of these sub-topics, but, because I’m the supposed leader here, I’ll post in all of them…

Everyone should read Fromm’s Sane Society, Epictetus’ Encheiridion, Chomsky’s What Uncle Sam Really Wants, Milgram’s Obedience to Authority, Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning, Holloway’s Godless Morality, …and hundreds of others…go read some books now!

(If you want a fuller list of book recommendations, click the “Propaganda” link in the header above and you’ll find a bunch of categorized lists of my favorite books.
Thanks, Jeff)

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I’m Jeff Salbato (your teacher), but I prefer Jeff. You only need to introduce yourself in one of these sub-topics, but, because I’m the supposed leader here, I’ll post in all of them…

My nerdiest interests are philosophy, psychology, political theory, history, books, and languages. My geekiest interests are video games and board games.

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I’m Jeff Salbato (your teacher), but I prefer Jeff. You only need to introduce yourself in one of these sub-topics, but, because I’m the supposed leader here, I’ll post in all of them…

TV shows you’re missing: Rectify, Silicon Valley, Newsroom, Happy Endings, Ted Lasso, Masterchef Australia, and the best show of all time: West Wing.

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I’m Jeff Salbato (your teacher), but I prefer Jeff. You only need to introduce yourself in one of these sub-topics, but, because I’m the supposed leader here, I’ll post in all of them…

Video games no one talks about that are genius: XCom2, Train Valley 2, Slime Rancher, Creeper World, Shapez, Defense Grid: Awakening.

Video games that are popular and deserve to be: Portal, Borderlands 2, Far Cry 3 & 5, Satisfactory, Saints Row the Third, Stardew Valley.

2 player board games: Battle Lines, Spirit Island, Targi, Arboretum, Pandemic, Lost Cities, Viticulture, Quest for El Dorado, Wingspan, Santorini, Slay the Spire.

3-4 players: The Crew, Space Base, Azul, Pandemic, No Thanks, Gizmos, Quirky Circuits, Quest for El Dorado, Wingspan.

For groups: Wits & Wagers, Balderdash, Scattergories, Say Anything.

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