Saturday, September 11, 2021

3 unfinishable reads

  • the stuff of thought - steven pinker (2005). as mentioned, too pedantic to finish
  • good economics for tough times - banerjee & duflo (2019). fascinating and rambling. the rambling won out in the end
  • what's wrong with china - paul midler (2017). not being a sinophile but nevertheless having some rudimentary cultural awareness, i find this really tough going. the facts are okay but his interpretation is just a little off. it sounds like an angry white man rant
my recent abortive list is giving me a new perspective to the adage about kissing frogs.

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