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Wired: Meta’s Pursuit of the 'Careless People' Author Is Relentless and Self-Defeating

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Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 11:03:29 -0400
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There is a lesson here about institutions and criticism: if the response to a book is to chase the author around instead of answering the substance, you usually make more people curious about the book. Better to be clear, factual, and let readers judge.

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Thomas W. / keep the receipts
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