Chaos

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1. danthemanOct 2023
   This is an also interesting take on that era: https://www.amazon.com/Chaos-Charles-Manson-History-Sixties/...

   It's too bad that so much of the records have been destroyed. As with the CIA torture program it is hard to hold those accountable and prevent future abuses when everything is destroyed.

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2. aleccoOct 2022
   Re-read Blindsight and Echopraxia by Watts, dark dystopia about the singularity.

   Differently Morphous and Existentially Challenged by Yahtzee Croshow, a lot of magic comedy.

   The Price of Time by Chancellor, about how the current financial everything bubble came to exist and how it's always the same story.

   The World for Sale by Blas, about the history of commodities traders in the past century.

   Chaos by O'Neill, 20 year investigation about Manson murders finds ties to government agencies.

   I read about 10 other books but they were all terrible. It's becoming more and more a needle in a haystack.

   https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48484.Blindsight

   https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18490708-echopraxia

   https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59056157-the-price-of-ti...

   https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52199304-the-world-for-s...

   https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43015073-chaos

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3. AndrewBissellNov 2020
   Tom O'Neill's 'CHAOS' is a good read along the lines of "they haven't stopped."

   So is Dave McGowan's "Programmed to Kill" but that's an even more brutal read.

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4. neighbourSep 2020
   Having just read the great book, “CHAOS: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties” by Tom O’Neill, I must say I get a little suspicious when reading about psychedelics research centres in the USA. Hopefully this one isn’t a CIA operation like they were in the ‘60s.
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5. AndrewBissellSep 2020
   If you think that's horrifying, let me introduce you to Dr. Jolly West and the Jimmy Shaver case:

   https://theintercept.com/2019/11/24/cia-mkultra-louis-jolyon...

   Highly recommend Tom O'Neill's 'CHAOS' for some of the new details he dug up on MKULTRA. The rumor mill has it that he is working on a new book exploring its potential ties to the RFK assassination, the Grateful Dead, and the Jonestown massacre.

   On the subject of the Jonestown/MKULTRA links, also check out this interview with an aide to Congressman Leo Ryan (who was killed when he went to investigate in Guyana): https://twitter.com/gumby4christ/status/1289361962917191681

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