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>economics (e.g. The World is Flat) Don't get me started on Thomas Friedman. As a TA, when I have to teach Friedman, I usually just instruct my students to go
by Perceval 16y ago
>economics (e.g. The World is Flat)
Don't get me started on Thomas Friedman. As a TA, when I have to teach Friedman, I usually just instruct my students to go into it realizing that everything he says will be so wildly overstated, baselessly enthusiastic, or anecdotal that it will invariably be wrong. I really hate that people feel smarter when they read him.
- mkramlich 16y agoI'd bet he's smart enough to know he's making generalizations and glossing over details. If you consider the medium he often works in (short newspaper articles) it's not conducive to much beyond that. In a book, sure, there's less of an excuse to leave out nuance and complexity.