"but the idea that someone writing more than say four hundred years ago could have deep insights into modern issues strikes me as farcical." Obviously Hanania has never read anything by Marcus Aurelius... “Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”
I was semi-persuaded by Hanania but I think he missed the point that reading is a process of discovery of things that are new to you not just things that are new. I wrote about it here--he should have read more JS Mill! https://substack.com/profile/2432388-henry-oliver/note/c-15932523?utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
"but the idea that someone writing more than say four hundred years ago could have deep insights into modern issues strikes me as farcical." Obviously Hanania has never read anything by Marcus Aurelius... “Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations