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who here has read Lord of the Flies? turns out Golding, the author, was an alcoholic misanthrope who allegedly said he enjoyed hurting people. not necessarily shocked that he wrote such a twisted piece of fiction. also turns out that in 1965, 6 schoolboys *actually* got stranded on an island off Tonga for a year+. what happened? did they descend into power struggles, chaos, violence? no, lol. they built a garden, set up a badminton court, took turns keeping watch over a fir, and resolved to deal with conflicts peacefully. one even broke his leg and everyone else banded together to take over his responsibilities while they set his leg to heal perfectly (which it did). eventually they got rescued by a passing boat and stayed lifelong friends. never would've learned any of this if i didn't pick up Humankind to read. so glad i did. more on the shipwrecked schoolboys: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongan_castaways
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@humpty.eth
we always knew /humankind was onto something good
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@goldytalks
all my homies love Richard Dawkins
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@7858.eth
I love that book. Ages 13-19 are a lot more socialized than the kids in LoTF, but agree with the core thesis that it paints a much bleaker picture of humanity than is accurate
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It’s true Lord of the Flies is twisted, AND it’s just a really good book. It presents a question for the reader and compels them to think about it. It’s not literally accurate, but it MIGHT be philosophically accurate. Also…sometimes it feels like the best art comes from terrible people. 😓
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@bradq
💜 thx for sharing
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@hexate
When people state that humans are naturally selfish, it’s an admission of their own nature. If humans were naturally selfish we wouldn’t have made it this far.
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@sterlacci
was the most interesting part of humankind was how many parables like that are considered to be core tenets of human psychology
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@kristyanak
they built a garden :')
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@koolkheart.eth
Golding gave us trauma porn, these boys gave us community care
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@sarayu--
Dystopian fiction is just there to scare us🏃 We're bad, Maybe we aren't that bad?
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@banta
Watched a YouTube video about this not too long. Super cool story. Also loved that book...and castaway...and Minecraft survival island. I think there's a theme here. https://youtu.be/6atvaHyJco0?si=tkhXucuyxcbPyzM0
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I’ve never read that book for some reason , but I somehow want to read it now because what do you mean he hurt people and enjoyed it ??? Jesus……
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@smokerings
Not so cool with reading books like that
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@phuniel
It was edgy required reading in school and kinda predictable.
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@hbeat
I'd love to read this
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