> Have you actually read any autobiographies? Way to be that guy on the internet. Yes, I've read plenty. At best, they're about personal philosophies, at wors

> Have you actually read any autobiographies? Way to be that guy on the internet. Yes, I've read plenty. At best, they're about personal philosophies, at worst, it's self congratulations and excuses. How many subjects cooperated with a biographer and didn't like the outcome? Warren Buffet and Jeff Bezos are two off the top of my head. People don't like that kind of mirror. Feynman is great and I'll get to Franklin in time. But the way people talk about biographies without distinguishing (like OP) and book stores place them side by side glosses over the wild differences in the two categories.