> If the name on the front page was not of a murderer, I truly believe it would be recommended reading in schools and philosophy clubs. I disagree. His ideas a

> If the name on the front page was not of a murderer, I truly believe it would be recommended reading in schools and philosophy clubs. I disagree. His ideas are not novel or new. There are large bodies of work around the evils of technology, increasing polarization, isolation, disconnection from nature etc. Leftists are trending toward authoritarianism is old hat. It's all pretty standard stuff. There have been literally hundreds of popular books and films about these very subjects. The only reason people are reading it is because he murdered people. He said as much: “In order to get our message before the public with some chance of making a lasting impression, we’ve had to kill people.” You can get everything he said elsewhere, without accidentally or intentionally lionizing a murderer.