Pamphlets Considered Quite Cool

From the desk of Benji Welner in Stanford, CA. On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder. Finished on July 27, 2026. Rating: ★★★☆☆ I was wandering through a little Austin bookstore this past summer, browsing and looking for a card to send to a friend, when a title I had seen before jumped out at me. On Tyranny was compact and cheap, and I bought it. Regardless of how one may feel about the contents of the book—perhaps that it is useful, perhaps that it is overly self-important, many things can be true at once—I am just glad to be back in an era of pamphlets. Go write down your thoughts in a little booklet and publish them.

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