05.11/Malala/P62: Just finished Physics CIE exam today... Well I do admire Malala’s courage and determination, but the narrative style is not that I appreciate a lot. I don’t know if it has been edited for commercial purposes, but some portrayal does make me feel that there involves an element of narcissism.
05.12/The Joyous Science//P34: Just read the preface of 1st and 2nd edition. I do gain some new understanding about Nietzschian gender-related arguments. He eroticized truth as women since a love relationship is how he thought was fit for the truth-man relationship. That explained arguments like “women hid themselves” and “bring a whip when seeing a women”.
05.13/TJS/P39: I now kind of understand in what way Hitler idolized Nietsche - for his justification for the “evil minds”. According to his claim, evil impulses, as long as they are prompted directly by passion, serves the preservation of human species by creating “new walls” for “new eyes”, that is, bringing innovation. That’s a different, and a nobler function than teaching of morals
05.15/TJS/P50: Just found out how much I resonated with Nietzsche - the “Mountain” story is muck alike what he argued in “15 From a distance” of Book I. Greatness is to be seen from a distance, especially from below, for it to be effective.
05.16/Malala/P73: Taliban attacks became more rampant, girls and teachers at Kushal School still chose to speak out. Malala started to deliver speeches in front of a mirror
05.18/Malala/P96：Strangely such narrative style constantly gives a perception of lacking sincerity-she knowingly manipulated the narration to build up an all-wise image. But it’s harsh to describe a young girl in this way...Busy studying Economics for my CIE exam tomorrow - Add oil!!!
05.25/Malala/P144: After being shot, Malala was brought to a hospital in Birmingham in which she didn’t see her family until days after. Half of her body kind of paralyzed.
05.30/Malala/P165: “Don’t cry. Pray.” “It is my belief God sends the solution first and the problem later.” “The Taliban shot me to try to silence me. Instead, the whole world was listening to my message now.”
06.03/Malala/P192: It’s really farseeing for Malala to say that Malala Day is not her day, such grand vision. “I raise up my voice not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard.”
06.04/Malala/Finished: Respect for Malala. Generally not a very enjoyable reading experience because it’s “too readable” - its language seems to be designed for younger readers, and it’s indeed the young reader edition. Also, there’s too much repetition of sentences or paragraphs with similar meanings-the message is far less than diverse.
06.05/The Republic(Book X, Plato)&Poetics(Aristotle): I did have difficulty comprehending both of them because of too many ancient Greek references. For Plato, an artist is rather a craftsman producing object of use - comparing to art, this is rather “techne”, namely skills. Since reason(logos) is given the most credit in terms of a constituent of human soul, emotional art is to be disapproved-it evokes risks that “bad part of soul”(thymos, namely strong emotions) reign over man. In Aristotle’s perception, the value of art lies in catharsis, through which negative emotions are purged without the necessity of the negative actions that normally accompany them.
06.10/The Birth of Tragedy/P11: Just read the intro and preface, but I already know that it’s gonna be another one of my favorites - to laugh, like Zarathustra, is the first thing I need to learn!
06.13/The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction/Benjamin: Transfer from cult value to exhibition value which stresses the social aspect; aura which is constituted bu the authenticity and locale of the work of art; aestheticization of politics or politicization of art - dependent on regime
07.08/存在的勇气/P22:首先应当理清的是，勇气并非作为一种道德，而是一种本体论性质的品质；换句话说，这种对焦虑和恐惧的克服意图及行为，本身即是我们的本质、使我们成为自己。Stoicists的勇气是个人性的，但个人是整体世界logos的一部分。也终于有点理解了斯宾诺莎说的德性，which means moral character，是道德品质的总和、整体结果。德性呈现出自我肯定的结果，其相当于真实本质、存在之力。对于尼采来说，德性也相当于自我肯定；生命是一个过程，勇气是不顾生命的模糊不清而敢于肯定自己的生命力。
07.08/存在的勇气/P22:首先应当理清的是，勇气并非作为一种道德，而是一种本体论性质的品质；换句话说，这种对焦虑和恐惧的克服意图及行为，本身即是我们的本质、使我们成为自己。Stoicists的勇气是个人性的，但个人是整体世界logos的一部分。也终于有点理解了斯宾诺莎说的德性，which means moral character，是道德品质的总和、整体结果。德性呈现出自我肯定的结果，其相当于真实本质、存在之力。对于尼采来说，德性也相当于自我肯定；生命是一个过程，勇气是不顾生命的模糊不清而敢于肯定自己的生命力。
07.13/存在的勇气/完成：“当存在之力的缺乏被感受为绝望时，人正是通过绝望才感到存在之力的。”整本书非常辩证。绝对信仰的三个性质：对存在的力量的体验，即生命力展现出的意图性；存在/意义先于非存在/无意义；我们接受我们被接受accept the acceptance，in spite of我们是不是被接受，我们把自己当作被接受者，因此也接受了自己的虚无和罪孽。非存在的意义重大：“非存在驱使存在脱离孤立隐蔽状态，迫使它能动地肯定它自己。”其实这里也包含了这样的意思，即一个人的存在并不能仅仅建立在其本身之上，其存在的条件之一就是ta身边的世界。这也对应了，个体和世界是自我的两极，而非分割的关系。剩下的一小些感想写在了动态里
07.21/Mushroom/P53: The existence of every survived species or ethnic group is “contaminated diversity”. Purity of biological composition is no good, even detrimental to the lasting living of a group. At the centre of modern scalable science (nat sci and Econ)is a self-interested individual who initiate a progress-time that sums up all growth and knowledge to witch “contaminated diversity” is recalcitrant.
07.24/Mushroom/P60: Alienation, interchangeability and expansion together bring about unprecedented profits, and this European mode of sugarcane plantation in 16/17th century Africa was prelude to industry, modernity and utilitarianism, which all add up to scalability. Colonial plantation and US scientific forestry were examples used
07.27/Mushroom/P70: Nature-culture knot: we cannot explain things without explaining the histories to which they condense, just like the elaboration of matsutake’s smell. Reality is constantly dynamic and interactive, it is always becoming due to encounters, instead of being based on nature
07.29/Mushroom/P80: Translation that takes place at the spaces of difference is capitalism. Global supply chain exploits those conditions out of capitalist control, and this is called salvage accumulation. One typical example is Wal Mart’s inventory management: the legibility of inventory allows Wal Mart not to keep every raw materials under control. Things sink to small firms or farms/individuals out of capitalist discipline.
07.08/Mushroom/P108: The distinctiveness of competitive matsutake trade lies on the freedom every party engaged felt. This freedom, yet haunted by ghosts, fuels the competitiveness and irregularity of price change, as well as “undisciplined” lifestyle of pickers. The “ghost” is twofold: first, Asians believe in the existence of spirits; second, although the concentration of power is away from this field, the possibility of its interference, e.g. boundary control, persists. Anna also raised how different ethnic groups live in forest foraging and hunting, and it’s intriguing to read.
（勘误：上一条应该是07.30）
07.31/Mushroom/P131: Freedom is a boundary object for ethnicities in Open Ticket, for it is what they all believe in and endorse yet understand differently. For example, white hunters seek to escape standardized employment, Hmong keep themselves familiarized in forests, Laotians try to assimilate into American society by establishing identification to value of American freedom……
08.01/Mushroom/P140: Global supply chain leads to alienation - extractors are kept away from what they produce, e.g. mushroom pickers. Pacific dialogue (20th century Japanese-American relationship) shaped today’s global economy. Japan lacked raw materials and were provided with finance and capital by America, so it expanded its economy by delegating extracting and manufacturing to less developed countries. And this formed a chain, first it was South Korea then China and Southeast Asia that Japan delegated. Detroit of America also “fell” in this way as Japanese Toyota dominated its car market. Salvage accumulation and global supply chain subcontracting (delegation) are at the very initial stages of this mode of expansion.
09.24/Empire of Horses/P64: Learned about King Zheng’s childhood and the reason for his sense of insecurity. Legalist governing reached a peak under his reign, and it turned out that all tyrants throughout time shared similar “ruling toolkit”
