Q&A: Reading Recommendations
Reading Recommendations
Question
Hello,
I saw that you said that in the past you subscribed to Haaretz so that you would also be exposed to opinions different from your own and allow yourself a more diverse way of thinking (until you decided that Haaretz wasn’t worth the damage).
I’ve wanted for a long time to do something similar, except that I’m not familiar enough with the field to know whom it’s worth reading. Do you have recommendations for whom it’s worth reading on topics that are part of the public discourse? I’d be happy for recommendations that reflect a diversity of views, and where the writers make their arguments in a reasoned way rather than just echoing things and confidently pronouncing all kinds of claims without explaining them or addressing the arguments of those who disagree.
Thank you!
Answer
I don’t have any general recommendations. Go through materials and form your own impression. You can also talk to people who hold different views; it doesn’t have to be specifically through reading. Even in Haaretz there is, from time to time, something worth reading. It’s just very irritating and nasty.