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>“This is one of the few ways that publishing has evolved into the 21st century, by having to listen to people’s immediate reaction to what they’re publishing,”
by cf141q5325 8y ago
>“This is one of the few ways that publishing has evolved into the 21st century, by having to listen to people’s immediate reaction to what they’re publishing,” she said.
I find it extremely sad that this is broadly phrased as something positive. Just consider how many great works of literature were publicly dammed and published regardless only to be redeemed decades or centuries later. Setting a precedent, even just a moral one, that public outcry should be considered when deciding on publishing is absolutely horrible.
- LanceH 8y agopre-emptive book burning
- jeffdavis 8y agoLet's say it's never redeemed, and it just ends up being a bad book. So what? People have bad ideas all the time. Are we incapable of dealing with bad ideas on an intellectual level any more? We should be analyzing the understand the flaws in the reasoning that lead to the bad idea. The antidote to bad ideas is reason, not silence.
- dominicr 8y agoI also think often the reaction isn't to the original source, often the reaction is to the reaction of others. Many people running around shouting "Fire!" without having even seen smoke.