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Niall wanted some way to cash out on his vast knowledge about history, and decided to go after the current hype, facebook. He's not actually worried, he's just
by tw1010 8y ago
Niall wanted some way to cash out on his vast knowledge about history, and decided to go after the current hype, facebook. He's not actually worried, he's just following the current public anxiety, and gets to promote his book in the process (nothing necessarily wrong with that, but it's not real fear, and it creates a fear bubble). I'm just making this up, but that's what it feels like based on listening to his interviews (and by reading his most recent book, which feels super rushed and/or like not a lot of love went into it).
- akamaka 8y agoThat’s exactly how I felt about a previous book of his, The Ascent of Money, which was released at the height of the financial crisis in 2008 and then rushed into production as a TV documentary. One review accurately called it “rushed and uneven”. (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ascent_of_Money https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ascent_of_Money)
- qubax 8y ago> and gets to promote his book in the process He's done that with a lot of his book. He's somewhat of an opportunist that way or maybe he is just trying to be relevant for the times he's in. After the iraq war, he put out a book. After the financial crisis. And now about networks/social media. He's part historian and part celebrity.