What people recommend, in their own words, with the receipt.
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Stubborn AttachmentsBook Tyler Cowen
But I'm glad I did, and annoyed I didn't do it as soon as I bought it, because for length:insights ratio it's one of the best books I've read.
A full book review of Tyler Cowen's Stubborn Attachments on his Strange Loop Canon newsletter.
strangeloopcanon.com ↗·2021-02-20
The Network StateBook Balaji Srinivasan
I love this book though for taking an extraordinarily strident opposition to Chesterton’s Fence.
A full book review, treating the book as effectively three books: praising the “how” and the bibliography, criticising the “why” as rhetorical overreach.
strangeloopcanon.com ↗·2022-07-22
Why We’re PolarizedBook Ezra Klein
Which is why when Ezra Klein wrote Why We’re Polarised it felt great. Finally a book length treatment that purports to answer the question.
A commentary on the book that goes on to say it read like "a really good Vox article" but left some fundamental questions unanswered.
strangeloopcanon.com ↗·2021-02-13
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