tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29433853322125298.post6294614532012640970..comments2009-08-25T23:06:58.582-05:00Adam Keiperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06148591564156720438noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29433853322125298.post-30806027988367441802009-07-03T11:16:00.000-05:002009-07-03T11:16:00.000-05:00Ari, I&#39;m supposed to *review* de Botton&#39;s book! — but since, by AdB&#39;s own admission, Caleb has already killed it, I guess I can&#39;t do any more damage.<br><br>And Bryan, I have been very blessed in reviews — I can&#39;t remember anyone who just trashed something. And when you get a cursory dismissal there&#39;s really not much to say in response.Alan Jacobsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29433853322125298.post-76457172532060648272009-07-02T11:43:00.000-05:002009-07-02T11:43:00.000-05:00It&#39;s weird to feel almost a kind of schadenfreude when someone like Alain de Botton does something as dumb as this. My dumb-as-this things have been less public (so far!) and I&#39;ll bet AdB wishes now his was, too. Will he apologize and say it was a fit of passion? Seems unlikely. People always seem to retrench and spill gallons of ink justifying stuff like that after the fact. Is the schadenfreude only because I don&#39;t like AdB&#39;s writing? Is schadenfreude always a sin?Josefnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29433853322125298.post-43164169961512381722009-07-02T08:18:00.000-05:002009-07-02T08:18:00.000-05:00It&#39;s remarkable that such intelligent people can have so little situational awareness as to not recognize how bad they look.<br><br>But when you get a negative (or dismissive) review, do you ever write the person and poke back? Done in a certain way, it seems like a perfectly respectable thing to do. Done in a certain way...Bryannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29433853322125298.post-14275506691893637062009-07-01T19:22:00.000-05:002009-07-01T19:22:00.000-05:00Wow. I had been thinking of reading de Botton&#39;s work after I finish Matthew Crawford&#39;s new book. But now I&#39;m not so sure -- something tells me it will be a little more heavy on the sorrow than the pleasure side.Ari Schulmannoreply@blogger.com