ATR Review - Hitchen's Letters to a Young Contrarian - Part 2/

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[@BrianRDriscoll]

Great Video, looking forward to more of these. I started reading less books a week and really indexing passages in order to get in depth like this. I always found it interesting how people are willing to have a point of view on subject that is cemented in stone without ever having read a book on the subject. Even 1-2 books in, you barely scratch the surface.

[@AndrewTheRed1]

Yes I wish I could read a book a day, your challenge is quite challenging. Or maybe you have a stockpile of books you've read in the past you're using to fill in the gaps of the rate you finish books you're currently reading? On the topic of cemented views, a lot of people infuse (moral) righteousness with their views and believe everyone else immoral; that they alone hold moral high-ground. Unfortunately the ignorant never know they are ignorant and their moralism makes them zealots. There's a great quote from Alexander Pope, "drink deeply or drink not".

[@BrianRDriscoll]

haha, nah I was actually doing one a day. You just happen to miss a lot when reading that fast unless you are Theodore Roosevelt, so I had to come down to reality and officially end the challenge. Good quote, definitely something worth thinking about.