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I'd never heard of Sam Kriss before, but the writing drew me in and I spent a few minutes looking through his stuff. I have no clue about the veracity of the things he writes, but boy oh boy does he do the writing part well.

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He's good, although if you're new I caution you to continue thinking critically as you read. He's one of those people like TLP who has figured out the secret to writing in a way that's persuasive to smart people, and you can sometimes emerge from a post being completely convinced it's true, and only later going, "Wait, there was no actual evidence presented for any of that."

Again, I'm not saying he isn't good, but keep your critical faculties about you.

Agree - he writes like he's showing off, but he's good enough for that not to matter. It reminds me of some of David Foster Wallace's work in a way.

But I also agree with the other reply to you – sometimes his arguments don't actually really make any sense, they're just fun to read.

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