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Out of context excerpts from a 500 page book written in the style of Hunter S. Thompson is not compelling evidence to anyone but the mob and those seeking to be
by throwkeep 5y ago
Out of context excerpts from a 500 page book written in the style of Hunter S. Thompson is not compelling evidence to anyone but the mob and those seeking to be offended. People who have actually read the book don't find them to be so problematic, including the reviewers at New York Times, NPR, Washington Post, Techcrunch and others who gave the book a big thumbs up.
- thelopa 5y agoPlease try to contextualize those quotes. The context I’ve seen has actually only made them seem worse.
- throwkeep 5y agoMatt Taibbi contextualized the main quote here: https://taibbi.substack.com/p/on-the-hypocrites-at-apple-who-canceled https://taibbi.substack.com/p/on-the-hypocrites-at-apple-who... Sam Harris and his conversation with Antonio covers the whole thing in more depth: https://samharris.org/podcasts/251-corporate-cowardice/ https://samharris.org/podcasts/251-corporate-cowardice/
- monocasa 5y agoI don't think that Hunter S. Thompson represents what you want out of a FAANG engineering manager either.
- refenestrator 5y agoWould have made a hell of a Sheriff.