Why You Shouldn't Read All That Stuff Before Writing a Point of View Book

"It's a big mistake to read that stuff ahead of time if you're writing a point of view book," he says. "I don't want to fill my head with the standard tropes on a topic on which i'm trying to provide a contraryi point of view" He has written two books and is working on his third, but won't reveal what it will be about. 'You do have to answer that question to decide if research is vitally important to this book'