I didn't ask for less content. I do think we need more content similar to [adjective][species] though and most news sites, newspapers etc also have a section for more introspective discussions. That's not the point now though, I've actually had an idea for one of those since EF and will try write it when I'm home for the holidays.
I was just wondering at what point something remains relevant and whether it might be good to use reviews not only to review but as a springboard to a wider discussion. I recall when I was reading a collection of Christopher Hitchens' essays that many were reviews of books but often spent very little time on the content of the book itself but expanding on the themes of the book and where it might have gone wrong or did something right. At times I think he strayed too far from the book itself but that's a different issue. (Order now to get the whole set.)
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~
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I didn't ask for less content. I do think we need more content similar to [adjective][species] though and most news sites, newspapers etc also have a section for more introspective discussions. That's not the point now though, I've actually had an idea for one of those since EF and will try write it when I'm home for the holidays.
I was just wondering at what point something remains relevant and whether it might be good to use reviews not only to review but as a springboard to a wider discussion. I recall when I was reading a collection of Christopher Hitchens' essays that many were reviews of books but often spent very little time on the content of the book itself but expanding on the themes of the book and where it might have gone wrong or did something right. At times I think he strayed too far from the book itself but that's a different issue. (Order now to get the whole set.)
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~