scott reviewed fussell hohohohoho i have so many thoughts about this as reading Class was a formative experience for me. i will write them later. in the mean time everyone should read classhttps://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/book-review-fussell-on-class?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo2MzE5NzM5LCJwb3N0X2lkIjozMjg2MzQ2NSwiXyI6InIya1hMIiwiaWF0IjoxNjE0MjEwMDcwLCJleHAiOjE2MTQyMTM2NzAsImlzcyI6InB1Yi04OTEyMCIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.YhkREjT_ZtVtXmAXlwuYSXdx1Z836b2w7DDOFIcJhUM …
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It is outdated and it is often inaccurate and the Class X is a little cringe (although probably prophetic about things to come after the book was published) And that's fine, that is not where the value is
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Rather Class is worth reading because it hits on something /real/ about the multiple social-cultural groups that exist in a complex society like America, and even if you don't try to systematize it you can start to Notice it and use it to tell stories about your world
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it is useful to Pay Attention here in roughly the same way that is useful to Pay Attention to eg fashionhttps://twitter.com/eigenrobot/status/1294683499962613762?s=19 …
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or in giving compliment'shttps://twitter.com/eigenrobot/status/1186471526167539712?s=19 …
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basically every new way of Noticing things is a gift and makes you a more complete and alive person and this is a novel and underutilized mode of paying attention to your social environment, regardless of whether he gets every detail right
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What other books would you say are Class-level must-reads?
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really good question. need to think about this. I think
@robertwrighter's The Moral Animal hit me like this on different axes although that may be in the water supply now - Show replies
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Advantage #27472 of being British: You don't have to read any dumb books to see class because it's so obvious
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