It's good, folks. Just started it, but strong "hiding my power level" vibes to be more lib friendly.

    • Not_irony [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Haven't gotten to anything I'd call theory yet. Seems more like a categorization book. More "Look at all these different types of finches; I will name and map their habitats" and less "Here are the systemic forces of nature/life that cause there to be dozens of different finches."

      Calls out essential workers getting fucked and middle managers getting vaccinated, in not so many words, tho

      • AngusMcAnus [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        it's really an interesting idea stretched out to book length and his, uh, "methodology" doesnt exactly hold up (when i read that section all i could think was my old statistics teacher yelling "ASKING YOUR FRIENDS IS NOT REPRESENTATIVE POLLING") but i believe he acknowledges this and says that it should only be viewed as a stepping stone for an actual scientific study. i also feel like i put my mom into an existential crisis because i gifted her this book for christmas and now she keeps saying that she has a bullshit job and it seems to me like she doesnt know what to do about it because its a job shes been doing for 30+ years and she doesnt know what else to do

        • Not_irony [he/him]
          hexagon
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          4 years ago

          sometimes I feel like I need to ask permission to radicalize libs, the ones that have a good life and that the system has rewarded.

          "hey, so... your whole life is a lie and knowing what I'm about to tell you might ruin literaly everything for you. that ok?"