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I went into this hoping for a psychological expose on why humans think the way they do, why we crave the need for conspiracies, maybe some trends in how the thinking follows... I guess we sort of get that here...it’s more of a journalist’s own journaling of her times at conventions, gatherings and some contacts she knew. Which is not to take away from it, but it left me sort of disappointed with the shallowness of the critique. Often it feels like she’s giving them far far too much of an easy out. I was looking (with my own bias i recognize) for someone to finally take this movement to task and really hold it up to the fire in what it does and put it to reason. But I suppose that’s not her job. She does explain some of the ‘how’...basically just telling us about youtube rabbit holes multiple times. The Facebook groups and the like are touched upon as well, but it’s nothing...new. We get a good look at Flat Earther culture, their weirdo habits and their ignorance, and almost desire to close themselves off into a bubble. So I will 100% give her credit on this. And for that matter she clearly put herself deep in the weeds to get close with some of them. Going to conventions and actually talking to these idiots is something I’d never subject myself to... So clearly investigative journalism is not my forte and I give them all the credit. But speaking of journalism I was hoping there’d be a lot more speak about media opinion, and mass shaping of opinion over all not just all Flat Earther. There are some fringe mentions, Trump is brought up a lot and the Anti-Vax movement plays heavily, but it just all seems very surface level. The book doesn’t offer a case study or anything psychological but more so just a ‘man on the street’ level look.
It’s good, it’s fine, it has it’s moments of interest and some repetitive notes that create a ‘yea yea we get it’ from me. Overall I liked it, but it wasn’t challenging as I was hoping. No one in this book felt like they were in the wrong or made to really reflect on their poor choices. Maybe that’s on me, maybe the book *should* be written more in a clinical journalistic manner with no bias. But the sympathy angle is played up for them and it feels like there’s an attempt to....not justify but allow them to ‘Do you”.
It’s good, it’s fine, it has it’s moments of interest and some repetitive notes that create a ‘yea yea we get it’ from me. Overall I liked it, but it wasn’t challenging as I was hoping. No one in this book felt like they were in the wrong or made to really reflect on their poor choices. Maybe that’s on me, maybe the book *should* be written more in a clinical journalistic manner with no bias. But the sympathy angle is played up for them and it feels like there’s an attempt to....not justify but allow them to ‘Do you”.