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> I found it kind of silly but worth thinking about This was my reaction to 95% of the book. Until Radical Markets, I'd never read a nonfiction book that I fou
by Matticus_Rex 8y ago
> I found it kind of silly but worth thinking about
This was my reaction to 95% of the book. Until Radical Markets, I'd never read a nonfiction book that I found so absurd and detached from reality and yet provoked so much useful thought. I worry that others may not realize how detached it is, and that the net effect may not be positive, but we'll see.
- Nition 8y ago> A nonfiction book that I found so absurd and detached from reality and yet provoked so much useful thought. This is a really interesting category. Makes me think about other books I've read that are a bit like that. I'd probably put Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance in there. Maybe Understanding Media by Marshall McLuhan as well.
- ecocentrik 8y agoGregory Clark candidly prefaces his "Farewell to Alms" with the admission that the arguments he presents in the book will most likely be proven "oversimplified, or merely false" but excuses his fallibility quoting Darwin: "false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness: and when this is done, one path towards error is closed and the road to truth is often at the same time opened.”