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>to pass it off as some new and amazing thought worth sharing with everyone The linked page does read like it's passing it off as original thought (whatever th

by ac2u 3y ago

>to pass it off as some new and amazing thought worth sharing with everyone The linked page does read like it's passing it off as original thought (whatever that means), but had a quick look at the linked PDF. It doesn't make any attempt to hide the historical and academic context of the Great Man Theory from the reader. Whole thing might be bullshit, but your comment comes across as overly sneering. Whether it's worth sharing with anyone is a judgement left to the reader. I didn't read the whole thing, but had a glance at the last chapter in China and learned a few things to look into that I didn't know about before in regards to history there. If the author self-censored to please you, that wouldn't have happened. Your outrage over someone writing down some thoughts in a structured way and sharing it seems like a waste.

__loam 3y ago
Overly sneering. Holy shit. People who write 200 page books with chapters named "How Elon Musk made engineering cool again" deserve ridicule.
- ac2u 3y ago
  >Overly sneering. Of course it is... if the author said to you in real life, at a party, "I've been working on a book called X and it roughly follows this thesis", a regular person wouldn't immediately take your tone, it's an entirely online persona, and if it's not, then it's not well socially adjusted. Ridicule has it's place, but you're acting like the author is pretending that the Great Man Theory doesn't exist and is trying to hoodwink the reader. >with chapters named "How Elon Musk made engineering cool again" I mean the chapter was about the dual falcon landings and the tesla in space, both cool things that captured mainstream media attention. Not controversial to say so. Hyperbole if it depicted it as a lone wolf Elon Musk effort, but it's a Chapter title, not something to get exited over. >deserve ridicule. Hey if that's how you wanna direct your precious time, go for it. Seems author is a political scientist type figure. I usually take their musings with a heavy pinch of salt, but I don't really go as out of my way as you do to get hot and bothered and treat it like it's a crime against the zeitgeist that it's taking up a few KB of bandwidth.
  - __loam 3y ago
    If I brought this up at a party, everyone I know would be down to dunk on this guy with me because we all understand that the actual anti-social behavior is this insane book where someone spilled 200 pages of ink to beat off founders. It's just another artifact in the self aggrandizing culture that is Silicon Valley.

by ac2u 3y ago

__loam 3y ago

Overly sneering. Holy shit. People who write 200 page books with chapters named "How Elon Musk made engineering cool again" deserve ridicule.

ac2u 3y ago
>Overly sneering. Of course it is... if the author said to you in real life, at a party, "I've been working on a book called X and it roughly follows this thesis", a regular person wouldn't immediately take your tone, it's an entirely online persona, and if it's not, then it's not well socially adjusted. Ridicule has it's place, but you're acting like the author is pretending that the Great Man Theory doesn't exist and is trying to hoodwink the reader. >with chapters named "How Elon Musk made engineering cool again" I mean the chapter was about the dual falcon landings and the tesla in space, both cool things that captured mainstream media attention. Not controversial to say so. Hyperbole if it depicted it as a lone wolf Elon Musk effort, but it's a Chapter title, not something to get exited over. >deserve ridicule. Hey if that's how you wanna direct your precious time, go for it. Seems author is a political scientist type figure. I usually take their musings with a heavy pinch of salt, but I don't really go as out of my way as you do to get hot and bothered and treat it like it's a crime against the zeitgeist that it's taking up a few KB of bandwidth.
- __loam 3y ago
  If I brought this up at a party, everyone I know would be down to dunk on this guy with me because we all understand that the actual anti-social behavior is this insane book where someone spilled 200 pages of ink to beat off founders. It's just another artifact in the self aggrandizing culture that is Silicon Valley.