Not exactly a counterpoint to anything, but I am reminded: there’s a bunch of times Scott Alexander has said “please, read the original thing! it’s very good!” and then goes on to summarize it and discuss it and each time I’m like “ugh I’d rather just read Scott’s take on this thing than This Thing”.
Not exactly a counterpoint to anything, but I am reminded: there’s a bunch of times Scott Alexander has said “please, read the original thing! it’s very good!” and then goes on to summarize it and discuss it and each time I’m like “ugh I’d rather just read Scott’s take on this thing than This Thing”.
I don’t super endorse this.
I mean, the argument does kinda rely on someone else having written it better, which does not often happen when “better” is comparing to Scott.