Sam, great reviews. I haven't read either of these. Very interested to take a look at The Big Fail. I think this period of time and how the world reacted to it is either going to be shoved into a closest, never again to see the light of day or closely examined by historians for a long time. I hope it is the later and I hope we learn some…
Sam, great reviews. I haven't read either of these. Very interested to take a look at The Big Fail. I think this period of time and how the world reacted to it is either going to be shoved into a closest, never again to see the light of day or closely examined by historians for a long time. I hope it is the later and I hope we learn something from it because there was a whole lot that we didn't get right.
Having never read anything by Labatut I would likely start with the other book of his you mentioned and see how it goes. Thanks again for the great write-ups.
Thank you Matthew. Yeah, I think the Big Fail is a big deal. It is very important to get something like this into the public record even if one can argue about the conclusions. The first round of books I saw on the pandemic - by Michael Lewis, Lawerence Wright, etc - seemed to basically be hagiographies on the government's response. This is much more taking the perspective that there was a systemic collapse here - and that the free speech issue is towards the heart of it. - Sam
Sam, great reviews. I haven't read either of these. Very interested to take a look at The Big Fail. I think this period of time and how the world reacted to it is either going to be shoved into a closest, never again to see the light of day or closely examined by historians for a long time. I hope it is the later and I hope we learn something from it because there was a whole lot that we didn't get right.
Having never read anything by Labatut I would likely start with the other book of his you mentioned and see how it goes. Thanks again for the great write-ups.
Thank you Matthew. Yeah, I think the Big Fail is a big deal. It is very important to get something like this into the public record even if one can argue about the conclusions. The first round of books I saw on the pandemic - by Michael Lewis, Lawerence Wright, etc - seemed to basically be hagiographies on the government's response. This is much more taking the perspective that there was a systemic collapse here - and that the free speech issue is towards the heart of it. - Sam