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I see entrepreneur types reading (or at least recommending) books which are visibly “beneficial”. As in the premise of the book is that you’ll get some kind of
by crossroadsguy 4y ago
I see entrepreneur types reading (or at least recommending) books which are visibly “beneficial”. As in the premise of the book is that you’ll get some kind of immediate “profit” out of it. Those books are always on the lines of “Do X in Y way”, or “Best X” or something that’s just typical self-help book but dressed in philosophy and that “deep thinking” thingie (whateverthat means; as if fiction writers wrote thinking shallow).
Anyway such lists are very depressing to look at. Feels like you were expecting a diverse spread at the meal table and all you got was make believe chips, and biscuits made of pure plastic which you’re maybe just supposed to chew on for sometime and then spit out — you do that because others do that and well it’s the fashion. Most of this list just feels like that.
It could have been just one shelf at an airport bookshop listed top to bottom with few exceptions.
- jmeister 4y agoYes, because that's what one looks for when reading Sivers. And Sivers knows his audience. If I want culture I'll consult Harold Bloom, thank you very much.
- crossroadsguy 4y agoWho are Bloom like contemporaries? I know few in India. Wouldn’t mind knowing some in US and UK.
- jmeister 4y agoSorry I don’t really know any very well. I used “Bloom” as a metonym for elite culture critics. HB was also an institution in himself. I do like the reviews and recommendations I’ve read from Michael Dirda and Christian Lorentzen.
- leobg 4y agoVery true. It’s the compensatory principle in action. Like when you come to a city and see all the billboards that promise a feeling of freedom by drinking beer and smoking cigarettes, a career by doing remote studies, and finding love through an online dating service. You then know exactly that most of the people there feel insecure, incompetent and lonely.