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Lazy research - they probably googled "tallest building in San Jose", went to the first result, then forgot to sort by floors. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lis

by NoPiece 13y ago

Lazy research - they probably googled "tallest building in San Jose", went to the first result, then forgot to sort by floors. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_San_Jose,_California http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Sa...

twelvechairs 13y ago
Yglesias' style is generally this kind of slapdash big-claim making sensationalism. He's basically an opinion writer who cherry picks a few facts to try to support his hypotheses. For example, see the reviews of the book mentioned in the article on amazon: http://www.amazon.com/The-Rent-Too-Damn-High-ebook/dp/B0078XGJXO http://www.amazon.com/The-Rent-Too-Damn-High-ebook/dp/B0078X... To be fair to him though, its a hard line to walk when you are discussing the kind of complex open-ended issues which he does. I think his writing has done good to stir up thinking and provoke responses on some of the issues he discusses.
- davidw 13y ago
  > For example, see the reviews of the book mentioned in the article on amazon He got lots of bad reviews because he pissed off some right-wing folks who showed up in droves to write bad reviews about the book out of spite, not because they'd actually read it or thought about it: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/06/andrew-breitbart-fans-matthew-yglesias-amazon_n_1324362.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/06/andrew-breitbart-fa... Discussions of the propriety of his comments are probably best left to other web sites, and kept off of this one.
  - twelvechairs 13y ago
    The subject of his competence came up (not by me) and as someone familiar with his writings I attempt to contribute both my own view (based on a good understanding of his work and not one sided) and a link to others views. I'm not sure what in this is wrong.... I can see you like the guy - perhaps you'd like to explain why?
    - davidw 13y ago
      I just pointed out that the bad reviews were not there because a lot of people disliked his book after reading it and considering what he had to say, but because a lot of people were angry at him and found that writing nasty reviews was a good way of venting their rage.
shawabawa3 13y ago
Actually if you sort by height, the tallest building does have 22 floors. The building with the most floors isn't the tallest
- NoPiece 13y ago
  Ya, you are right, he was accurate in what he wrote. It just read oddly because there are buildings with more than 22 floors.
StavrosK 13y ago
Why sort by floors? "Tallest" means height.

by NoPiece 13y ago

twelvechairs 13y ago

Yglesias' style is generally this kind of slapdash big-claim making sensationalism. He's basically an opinion writer who cherry picks a few facts to try to support his hypotheses. For example, see the reviews of the book mentioned in the article on amazon: http://www.amazon.com/The-Rent-Too-Damn-High-ebook/dp/B0078XGJXO http://www.amazon.com/The-Rent-Too-Damn-High-ebook/dp/B0078X... To be fair to him though, its a hard line to walk when you are discussing the kind of complex open-ended issues which he does. I think his writing has done good to stir up thinking and provoke responses on some of the issues he discusses.

davidw 13y ago
> For example, see the reviews of the book mentioned in the article on amazon He got lots of bad reviews because he pissed off some right-wing folks who showed up in droves to write bad reviews about the book out of spite, not because they'd actually read it or thought about it: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/06/andrew-breitbart-fans-matthew-yglesias-amazon_n_1324362.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/06/andrew-breitbart-fa... Discussions of the propriety of his comments are probably best left to other web sites, and kept off of this one.
- twelvechairs 13y ago
  The subject of his competence came up (not by me) and as someone familiar with his writings I attempt to contribute both my own view (based on a good understanding of his work and not one sided) and a link to others views. I'm not sure what in this is wrong.... I can see you like the guy - perhaps you'd like to explain why?
  - davidw 13y ago
    I just pointed out that the bad reviews were not there because a lot of people disliked his book after reading it and considering what he had to say, but because a lot of people were angry at him and found that writing nasty reviews was a good way of venting their rage.

shawabawa3 13y ago

Actually if you sort by height, the tallest building does have 22 floors. The building with the most floors isn't the tallest

NoPiece 13y ago
Ya, you are right, he was accurate in what he wrote. It just read oddly because there are buildings with more than 22 floors.

StavrosK 13y ago

Why sort by floors? "Tallest" means height.