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All the things you noted aren’t substantive arguments against the essay, in my view. The casual assertions, the unsupported and contentious theme, and the comp
by sidlls 5y ago
All the things you noted aren’t substantive arguments against the essay, in my view.
The casual assertions, the unsupported and contentious theme, and the complete omission of anything approaching a consideration of alternatives are common themes in PG’s essays. And those are what make them almost uniformly worthless, in my opinion.
- _Nat_ 5y agoDid you find anything about the current post, "How to Work Hard", contentious? Honestly that'd probably be the one criticism I don't have.. most of the content I've seen is pretty mild-mannered and mundane.