Thread by @glukianoff

After tabulating the votes, the winner of my first EXCESSIVELY Prestigious Award for book of the year is @jon_rauch’s Kindly Inquisitors, what I've called the most important on #freespeech of the last 50 years! 1/6
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For the honor, I had @TheFIREorg’s @aaron_reese make this dope gif, explaining Rauch’s Commandments — two core tenets of liberal science! 2/6

With Rauch’s book The Constitution of Knowledge coming out in June, the timing might seem TOO convenient, but I swear on Spider-Man’s aunt May that’s just how the vote worked out! (BTW The Constitution of Knowledge is the most important book of 2021!) 2/6

amzn.to/2RyyxtS

ZERO TWEET: While you’re here, click the link below to check out my responses to common, bad arguments against #freespeech, or keep reading for the More Than Sufficiently Prestigious book award winners. 0/6

Two books tied for second place, my More Than Sufficiently Prestigious Award. The first is @JoHenrich’s The WEIRDest People in the World, a book so profound it actually made me hate Plato less. 3/6

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The other is @mgurri’s The Revolt of the Public, a book that fundamentally changed my analysis of the trends we examined in The Coddling of the American Mind. (BIG thanks to @kmele & @wethefifth for the rec!) 4/6

amzn.to/33nH0mg

And please check out the other AMAZING award winners! GREAT books by@sbkaufman, @tferriss, @DavidAFrench, @AnnieDuke, @NAChristakis, @StuartJRitchie, @robertwrighter, & @juliagalef 5/6

Congratulations to the winners, & THANK YOU to everyone that voted! Next month I’ll be returning to my cozy, yet merely Prestigious book awards, & in 12 months we’ll see who wins the next EXCESSIVELY Prestigious award! 6/6

BONUS: @jon_rauch discussed his new book with me & @NicoPerrino on @freespeechtalk. Listen to that, or sign up to participate in Rauch’s webinar to FIRE’s Faculty Network (you don’t need to be a member to register!) 7/6


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