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The Problem With Non Fiction Books, Is It a Provocation or a Critique?
I should be clear that thi iis more more a provocation than a criticism. In fact, love books, but i thinkitit's interesting to look at a objects with their purposes in mind and then ask how well the object is sculptured to fulfil that purpose. And so if we imagine that informational text, for instance, a that aspiration is that a reader is going to somewhat reliably be able to internalize a particular perspective or set of strategies,. even basic facts, it's interesting how little books actually seem to doas as objects, as media to facilitate that. It's true also for even things like self help book. O if you read a book about trying to say