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goobster  ·  1724 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 'bl00's Reviews: Range by David Epstein

I hadn't admitted it yet, but I put the book down after 2 chapters because I just felt there was something wrong in there somewhere... but I didn't have range of reading experience to nail down what was bugging me.

Thanks for skinning it, gutting it, and hanging the entrails on the wall so I could see the whole thing...

In short, he is making the case that career instability is someone just gathering a broad set of tools that are uniquely suited to the role the Range-meister finally lands... rather than being intellectually honest about the person just grasping at anything within reach to avoid going down the swirling maw...

    ... Epstein wants to pretend that renegades are renegades by choice, rather than strivers who need to eat ...