Comment by Joseph2 on Good Idealistic Books are Rare · 2009-02-18T18:42:35.000Z · LW · GW

I wonder what the best book is, and whether it is cynical or idealistic. I think that it depends where you fit the best book into your knowledge structure. I'd expect the base to be cynical and the pinnacle to be idealistic. I suppose I tend to think the base is the most important. Maybe this is evidence of shortsightedness.