Yes! To be clear, reading or many forms of recommending is not the red flag, the curiosity or DADA-like view of the value prop of books like that make sense to me. The specific way it comes across in the passage on the Adorian Deck saga definitely makes hiding behind “defensive cynicism” very weak and sounds almost dishonest. The broader view is more charitable toward Emerson in this particular way (see this subthread).
48 Laws of Power, along with Robert Greene’s other books, are fairly popular, especially around some entrepreneur / hustle culture circles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Greene_(American_author)
Many top books deal with controversial topics. For example, The Prince, or Lolita.
I’d be hesitant to update much on someone’s reading choices like this.
Yes! To be clear, reading or many forms of recommending is not the red flag, the curiosity or DADA-like view of the value prop of books like that make sense to me. The specific way it comes across in the passage on the Adorian Deck saga definitely makes hiding behind “defensive cynicism” very weak and sounds almost dishonest. The broader view is more charitable toward Emerson in this particular way (see this subthread).