Oddbean new post about | logout
 I can't remember who said it, but I like this quote: You don't go to the viking museum to see the kind of ships they would have built, if they had lived a few centuries later!

I don't want to read books that the author would have written, if only they'd had the 'benefit' of woke re-education. 
 That was me!  😂  I’m flattered that you remember. 
 It really stuck in my mind because it cuts through all the arguments about whether or not we should be allowed to read about 'unsavoury' ideas! I've used it several times in real life too. 
 Wow, thanks!  It’s good to know that, in addition to posting some version of, “I can’t believe this is happening.”/“Why is this happening?” at least five times per week, I occasionally post something that people can use IRL.