The Reign of Quantity & the Signs of the Times
by René Guénon · first published 2000
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"The problems of philosophy" by Bertrand Russell. ~8 times. "The abolition of man" by "C.S. Lewis" 3 times. "The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times" by René Guénon. 3 times, and planning to set a weekend for another re-read soon.
on “Ask HN: Which books have you read more than once?” ↗The Crisis of the Modern World and The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times by René Guénon.
on “Ask HN: Which book helped you understand the world?” ↗If anyone wishes to pursue this topic of "quantization" further, I recommend "The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times" - a book by Rene Guenon [1]. Guenon examines the direction the world is going to as a shift from quality to quantity, and with this simple analysis he covers topics ranging across democracy, science,…
on “The Era of ‘Quantitative Aesthetics,’ Where Data Points Dictate Taste” ↗The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times - Rene Guenon (1945). An esoteric book that summarises everything as a direction which moves away from quality and towards quantity. Here is an excerpt that uses this system to analyse modern workplace…
on “Ask HN: What nonfiction books do you keep rereading?” ↗"The reign of quantity and the signs of the times" - Rene Guenon
on “What's the most radical book you've read?” ↗…is basically saying that the quantity of papers published per year has a negative influence on the quality. Quite off-topic, but it reminded me of an interesting book I read some time ago titled "The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times". It is a bit obscure and metaphysical, but it develops the same idea across all aspects of society: economics, society, politics, religion, etc, etc. Of science it basically proposes that science itself…
on “Slowed canonical progress in large fields of science” ↗The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times Latest example: Taylorism, applied to the bedroom.
on “Porn use and men's and women's sexual performance” ↗