Books
Internet Idol
Austin Bramwell turns a discriminating eye to a meme that’s been making its way through the prestige blogosphere: Tyler Cowen’s proposal that bloggers list the ten books that most influenced them. Matthew Yglesias, Will Wilkinson, and Ross Douthat were among those to take up Cowen’s challenge. Think of it less as “Dancing With the Nerds” […]
Austin Bramwell turns a discriminating eye to a meme that’s been making its way through the prestige blogosphere: Tyler Cowen’s proposal that bloggers list the ten books that most influenced them. Matthew Yglesias, Will Wilkinson, and Ross Douthat were among those to take up Cowen’s challenge. Think of it less as “Dancing With the Nerds” than “The Running Man” for political geeks.
