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It is the "best of <year>" time again. I found this list disappointing. Is this really the best of the best for 2010? Maybe this list is evidence that not on
by drallison 16y ago
It is the "best of <year>" time again. I found this list disappointing. Is this really the best of the best for 2010? Maybe this list is evidence that not only do people no longer read much, but significant thinkers don't write much any more. Depressing, IMHO.
- hugh3 16y agoHow many of these books have you read? For those you haven't read, what makes you think that they're not any good? Which "significant thinkers" do you think should be writing more books?
- drallison 16y agoI've read none of them. I read the teaser summaries or capsule reviews and could not get excited. I do read a lot of books, but for these particular books to be the best of the best puts our literature in a sorry state. Most of the books chosen by the economist look to be formula books that will last a few weeks and then be forgotten. "Business books" almost always seem flimsy and without much more content than a single good idea or two drowning in a sea of case studies. As for what "significant thinkers" ought to be writing books -- well, that's another problem. When I try to think of really significant thinkers who have something meaningful to say, it's a pretty short list, whether they write or not.