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I haven't read much else he's written, but I did enjoy The Road to Character... should I now be suspicious of the claims he makes about the people he described?
by gooseus 8y ago
I haven't read much else he's written, but I did enjoy The Road to Character... should I now be suspicious of the claims he makes about the people he described?
- aklemm 8y agoWell, no, I will admit you can probably still get quite a lot out of it. I mean, I believe he's trying to do good work, but I put him in the same category as Thomas Friedman and Charlie Rose. That is, extraordinary media people with great potential who just can't get over themselves.
- hindsightbias 8y agohttps://fair.org/extra/david-brooks-vs-the-real-world/ https://fair.org/extra/david-brooks-vs-the-real-world/ He's been around for decades, dutifully moving the goalposts being the 'reasonable' guy. But now he's just appalled the people he thought he spoke for voted for _that_ guy. I do like that he's still around for the NYT's commenters. They remember everything.