There are some really questionable claims from both an anthropological and political perspective.
John Sexton's summary mirrors my own opinion:
> The book is fundamentally unserious and undeserving of the wide acclaim and attention it has been receiving. But it is worth considering the book’s blind spots and flaws — the better to understand the weaknesses of the genre and the intellectual temptations of our age. [0]
John Sexton's summary mirrors my own opinion:
> The book is fundamentally unserious and undeserving of the wide acclaim and attention it has been receiving. But it is worth considering the book’s blind spots and flaws — the better to understand the weaknesses of the genre and the intellectual temptations of our age. [0]
[0] https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/a-reductionist-h...
Intellectual temptations is our contemporary desire for condensed information from a single source.