In a small book an author tells you what he knows, in a big book he covers up everything he doesn't. - paraphrasing Eric Hoffer
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Skidelsky more or less did this for Keynes. His abridged bio is considerably better than his 3-volume bio.
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Conrad Black's FDR bio is case in point. Awesome but damn is it hard to read
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good point. Which latest one prompted this thought?
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same goes to movie directors
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I would pay extra for a 75% shorter version of most biographies. Seems like there's a product waiting to be built there somewhere.
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Interesting to think how aggregation theory applies. improved customer experience = "read-able" re-writes of bios. cc
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