Oddbean new post about login | logout It's been 5 months since I critiqued Softwar and instead of rebutting any of my points, Lowery opted to disappear. 🤷♂️ https://blog.lopp.net/softwar-thesis-review/
You can ask a questions but demanding answers is a whole other thing?
Is it worth reading? There was a lot of buzz about this book, and now I’m not sure what to think
His contract wasn’t renewed
Has it been so long? This year is flying by me too quickly.
https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/nostrcheck.me_8160756124073867341701965287.webp ahh the good old twitter times
That was actually a clever thing he did, blocking people who liked posts that disparaged him so that people would get pissed they were blocked and retweet the screencap of the block, and also preempt them from chiming in with inane comments like “Gosh what a dumbshit” It’s a great technique for BlueSky. His softwar arguments are horrible, but credit were credit is due, he’s a clever guy who knows who to ride the crowd
This is a graduation thesis, you know?. Is not a book. and why do you demand answers?. Is a darn good thesis with some mind blowing ideas in it. Even you concede that. The tone of your critique makes your intentions look a little off to me.
He was literally selling it as a book for months and not sharing the PDF publicly. It has a bunch of ideas, sure. But they do not flow to create a logical conclusion that can be acted upon. All I've done is engage in intellectual discourse. I'm not owed a response, though Lowery tried to discredit me earlier by claiming I couldn't critique his ideas without reading the thesis he was paywalling. So here we are.
Not likely at all.
