PET PEEVE: Theorists who use "superstition" as a buck-stopping explanation for broad patterns of human behavior. Below: A passage from "The Origins of Political Order" by Francis Fukuyamapic.twitter.com/gEGTidYCuW
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I really love this book! But you're right that "clear, logical reasoning" is not its strength. I got more value by treating it as Fukuyama reading 20 useful books and then summarizing them too quickly, and grafting an interesting political science model on top
Oops, I should have mentioned that I'm really enjoying the book ;). Which is why this sloppiness stood out for me.
