Re:Why Books Donʼt Work (2019)
by Ishmaeli on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @10:10PM
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I was just telling my wife the other day about a book I read a couple of years ago that I've completely forgotten.
Most of the time I can remember at least the broad strokes. I can tell you that Guns, Germs and Steel is about how physical geography matters in the development of civilizations. (That book also introduced me to cargo cults, a concept I think about a lot.)
But gun to my head, I couldn't tell you what Stephen Greenblatt's The Swerve is about. Not even the title—I don't know what "the swerve" is referring to at all. My degree is in Humanities so it was right up my alley but I've completely forgotten that whole book.
Most of the time I can remember at least the broad strokes. I can tell you that Guns, Germs and Steel is about how physical geography matters in the development of civilizations. (That book also introduced me to cargo cults, a concept I think about a lot.)
But gun to my head, I couldn't tell you what Stephen Greenblatt's The Swerve is about. Not even the title—I don't know what "the swerve" is referring to at all. My degree is in Humanities so it was right up my alley but I've completely forgotten that whole book.