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They're unsuccessful. His book on Psychopathy was panned on Reddit, as well as on Goodreads: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/4c27ss/im_pieter_hintjens_
by hitekker 6y ago
They're unsuccessful.
His book on Psychopathy was panned on Reddit, as well as on Goodreads:
https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/4c27ss/im_pieter_hintjens_and_im_here_to_discuss/ https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/4c27ss/im_pieter_hint...
Likewise, the wikipedia article for Social Architecture has been listed "not notable" for the past four years, and hasn't seen any meaningful edits since 2016.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_architecture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_architecture
With respect to the author, I'm not surprised. Nerds like ourselves enjoy "discovering" ideas, slapping pretentious labels on them, and then evangelizing them to the whole world... without checking if other people know more about those ideas than we do.
- jodrellblank 6y agoI'm not seeing his book being panned on your Reddit link, I'm seeing ad-hom attacks on him because of his lack of credentials or some unrelated behaviour they don't like. Is there any actual panning of his book by someone who read his book, in your link? Or anyone who engaged in good faith - e.g. it's a book about his experiences of problem behaviour patterns that hurt others?
- hitekker 6y agoThe author himself said his book was panned on Reddit: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11631424 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11631424 The larger point is that the audience he chose to market to, rejected his ideas. Whether or not his audience was acting in "good faith" is irrelevant to his failure to communicate.
- yakshaving_jgt 6y ago> Likewise, the wikipedia article for Social Architecture has been listed "not notable" for the past four years, and hasn't seen any meaningful edits since 2016. Pieter Hintjens died in 2016.