by JerkyLeBoeuf » Mon Sep 25, 2006 2:27 pm
It's a classic (with caveats), as is the book he spun out of it. This one, as well as Hoff's "Anti-Intellectualism in American Life", SHOULD be read by all of us, to keep our thinking straight -- unlike the article QTUB recently linked to, which was egomaniacal, myopic, niggling, poorly thought-out hipster bullshit.<br><br>Two more we should all read: "The True Believer" by Eric Hoffer and "Extraordinary Popular Delusions And The Madness Of Crowds" by Charles MacKay (available online).<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.litrix.com/madraven/madne001.htm">www.litrix.com/madraven/madne001.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br> <p></p><i></i>