Joseph2 comments on Good Idealistic Books are Rare - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Joseph2 18 February 2009 06:42:35PM 0 points [-]

I wonder what the best book is, and whether it is cynical or idealistic. I think that it depends where you fit the best book into your knowledge structure. I'd expect the base to be cynical and the pinnacle to be idealistic. I suppose I tend to think the base is the most important. Maybe this is evidence of shortsightedness.