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this is just like my immediate impression but i do not get good vibes from albert hirschman, particularly the people he inspires
and you can say that's kind of unfair and, yea maybe, but intellectual contributions are also discursive contributions and they aren't just freestanding. usually the legacy of a thing will give you some hints about what the work is actually about, even if unbeknownst to the author
all i'll say is that it makes sense that bsky folks were inspired and influenced by the conversations in his footnotes, and i kinda wish they were more upfront about that (but then again, i wish most people were more well-cited for this very reason)
not to say that this is like core foundational whatever, but usually the more tenuously connected things have outsize influence. like my politics page doesn't only list things i completely agree with, just things that have been important to my development.
what im saying is i want there to be a reading list on the bsky homepage with no context provided as to their significance to the project, and have folks figure it out from there