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A Peek into Dr. O's Personal Library
Dr. David Oetjen, Math Department
A Peek Into Dr. O’s Personal Library
If manga count as books, One Piece by Eiichiro Oda is my favorite by far. The worldbuilding is very well-done and on a thematic level, the portrayal of the world is so accurate to real life despite the fact that on a surface level, it is entirely fantastical and ridiculous.
For nonfiction, my favorite book is Democracy: The God That Failed by Hans-Herman Hoppe. Viewing things from the angle of time preference as he does is so insightful for analyzing the decline of society. The book is full of philosophical insights that as far as I know were pretty much unknown before this was written.
My favorite book for fiction is The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. What I find interesting about it is the way the characters talk to each other; they very often say things that no one would ever have the courage to say in real life. Everything is so exaggerated despite the fact that, on the surface, the book is about something as seemingly mundane as architecture.
I don't really watch very many movies, but if I had to pick one it would probably be Batman: The Dark Knight. I like how it portrays the idea of corruption and how people who have good intentions can turn evil.
Dr. David Oetjen, Math Department (and B-BALL Player Extraordinaire)
