Really? I should look at more reviews! I've seen mainly positive things--or maybe it's just the positive things I've seen on the back of the book, LOL.
For me, I really appreciate that he tries to show people trapped in systems--there's no one supervillain you can point to. And I like some of his ideas (like about point fives, that I talked about last time). But his overall vision in the book seems so BLEAK. And his ranking of cultures, putting literate cultures about oral ones, is embarrassing in a person who's trying to talk about, or show, approaches to thinking in different ways. It's just wrong! And yet the guy himself seems widely traveled, and I can tell he cares about places, people, cultures... so I don't know.
But now I'm morbidly curious. I'll have to find those other reviews.
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For me, I really appreciate that he tries to show people trapped in systems--there's no one supervillain you can point to. And I like some of his ideas (like about point fives, that I talked about last time). But his overall vision in the book seems so BLEAK. And his ranking of cultures, putting literate cultures about oral ones, is embarrassing in a person who's trying to talk about, or show, approaches to thinking in different ways. It's just wrong! And yet the guy himself seems widely traveled, and I can tell he cares about places, people, cultures... so I don't know.
But now I'm morbidly curious. I'll have to find those other reviews.