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"The kinds of people who read books in America seem to have no problem with my writing. But I am clearly a bee in the bonnet of some of the kinds of people who
by robotresearcher 13y ago
"The kinds of people who read books in America seem to have no problem with my writing. But I am clearly a bee in the bonnet of some of the kinds of people who review books in America."
That's a nice example of the sort of false dichotomy that infuriates Gladwell's critics.
- jljljl 13y agoThis bothered me more than anything else in the response. Just because your book is popular does not mean it is not misleading.
- ScottWhigham 13y agoI'm dense today, I think. I'm afraid I don't see the false dichotomy. I see "kinds of people who read books in America" and "some of the kinds of people who review books in America". Is there a 3rd/nth group I'm not seeing - perhaps "people who read books and who also review books"? Genuine question
- ableal 13y agoTo review a book it is not strictly necessary to have read it, at least according to a few targeted authors, including this case ("I just wanted them to read my book all the way to the end").
- ScottWhigham 13y agoAhhh - thank you. I just couldn't figure out what I was missing haha