Once I recommend a book to 3+ people, I buy it to read myself. After I recommend 5 times I crack it open to familiarize myself with it enough to fake having read it After 7, I feel guilty enough to actually read it, at which point there’s a 50-50 chance I’ll turn against it
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I've recommended Seeing Like A State to dozens of people without having actually read it myself; I feel like I pretty much get the gist of it from the various reviews and blogposts about it. I often get thanked for the recommendation afterwards too, which is kinda funny
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I think a lot of people are doing this. Reading Venkatesh's post on legibility then recommending the book. I did it before and now sort of still do given I've only read half the book
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