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cybermuleI'd never really thought of reading this before, as I wasn't sure what it was about, and I'd only really heard about it in the pisstake context of HitchHikers. But then ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
inulro reviewed it and made it sound very appealing, so I got it out of the library for a read.
I can't say I really liked the overtly philosophical thread of it (it sort of works in several layers). This book just confirmed that I hate classical philosophy, but then it did make me have a long think about this and thereby made me feel less stupid about not having the slightest interest in philosophy - I think a lot, but talking about thinking about thinking just doesn't work for me. Like calculus doesn't work for some people, philosophy doesn't work for me.
I did enjoy the roadtrip aspect of it. I always like a good American road trip story :) And surprisingly, I did enjoy the motorcycle maintenance too. It made me feel a lot better about being a careful and thoughtful practical worker - that's often made out to be a bit uncool, but it's not a bad thing. I also liked the exploration of the intersection of the classical bipolar "arts" and "science" sets.
So although I spent about half of the book being unsure whether I could handle any more of its slightly didactic tone, I did in the end get an awful lot out of it, and could probably recommend it to most of my friends list.
inulro reviewed it and made it sound very appealing, so I got it out of the library for a read.I can't say I really liked the overtly philosophical thread of it (it sort of works in several layers). This book just confirmed that I hate classical philosophy, but then it did make me have a long think about this and thereby made me feel less stupid about not having the slightest interest in philosophy - I think a lot, but talking about thinking about thinking just doesn't work for me. Like calculus doesn't work for some people, philosophy doesn't work for me.
I did enjoy the roadtrip aspect of it. I always like a good American road trip story :) And surprisingly, I did enjoy the motorcycle maintenance too. It made me feel a lot better about being a careful and thoughtful practical worker - that's often made out to be a bit uncool, but it's not a bad thing. I also liked the exploration of the intersection of the classical bipolar "arts" and "science" sets.
So although I spent about half of the book being unsure whether I could handle any more of its slightly didactic tone, I did in the end get an awful lot out of it, and could probably recommend it to most of my friends list.
