> Over the years, I've found PG's essays much less compelling. As some sibling comments here have noted, there's a level of self-assuredness that feels increasi

> Over the years, I've found PG's essays much less compelling. As some sibling comments here have noted, there's a level of self-assuredness that feels increasingly disconnected from reality This most likely comes from spending not only a long time but also a large amount of time around 'a certain type of person' more than anything. Maybe an example is how many people reacted to those workers who delivered packages, food or pumped gas when the pandemic first set in with lock-downs in some states. All the sudden it was as if those people were pure gold in a way that they never even existed or were thought about before (by certain people).