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Bunch of Amateurs: Inside America's Hidden World of Inventors, Tinkerers, and Job Creators by Jack Hitt

alexander0's review

2.0

For books such as these, I much prefer James Gleick's style and citation approach. If the book is meant to 'enlighten' or introduce the public to unpopular, counterintuitive, or cutting edge approaches to knowledge subjects, there needs to be at least some clear citations to guide us rather than journalistic anacdotal experience and made up names. Although the book tells an interesting alternative approach to academic convention, there's no reason to believe it except for journalistic faith and the aesthetics of story style.