Scott Alexander says “Ezra Klein is great. I know a lot of people throw shade on him for founding Vox. But as Van Gogh said about God creating the world, ‘We must not hold it against Him; only a master could make such a mistake’. Ezra is a master[...]”
I’ve never deliberately perused Klein’s output, but I’ve been fairly...repelled by what little I’ve seen. But that was some pretty glowing praise from Scott; I must be missing something. Googling “what is ezra klein’s best writing” isn’t very enlightening, and that kind of search is complicated by the subjective, political nature of the query.
So I ask: what makes EK a master; what am I missing here?
Scott Alexander says “Ezra Klein is great. I know a lot of people throw shade on him for founding Vox. But as Van Gogh said about God creating the world, ‘We must not hold it against Him; only a master could make such a mistake’. Ezra is a master[...]”
I’ve never deliberately perused Klein’s output, but I’ve been fairly...repelled by what little I’ve seen. But that was some pretty glowing praise from Scott; I must be missing something. Googling “what is ezra klein’s best writing” isn’t very enlightening, and that kind of search is complicated by the subjective, political nature of the query.
So I ask: what makes EK a master; what am I missing here?
https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/02/23/some-groups-of-people-who-may-not-100-deserve-our-eternal-scorn/
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