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Re:People Who Don't Read Books by sycamoretrees on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @03:18AM (#37995719)
If that’s what the article is about, then I just don’t really see the point. Literally who cares what SBF and his ilk have to think about literature.

If the article is simply an appeal to common sense, or an effort to convince others to educate themselves, maybe there are better ways to get the message across than regurgitating five hundred words on theAtlantic.com. They publish this stuff for their self-conscious “literati” audience to eat up.

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Re:People Who Don't Read Books by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @03:45AM (#37995909)
> who cares what SBF and his ilk have to think about literature

The millions of readers of his congratulatory profiles. (Like the one TFA cites.) Including still-influential figures like Marc Andreessen.

> maybe there are better ways to get the message across than regurgitating five hundred words on theAtlantic.com. They publish this stuff for their self-conscious “literati” audience to eat up.

It sounds like you would have had an axe to grind with the article irrespective of its contents. Maybe that's worth exploring on your own time.

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