I know I've got to get through it and I will - I'm tempting myself!!
It has left me wondering whether I've made a wise decision for me to venture out of science and into airport lounge reading - but then I may find that course leaders are no more impressed than me and are looking to critique. For that I'll have to wait and see.
I find it has a seductive quality in flattering those who agree and defining as sick those who don't. Only that's not what I find seductive! It's crammed with sweeping statements heavily divorced from reality. While reading his assessment of anyone who lies what struck me is the number of people for who 'facing the consequences of truth' can mean violence and on occasion death. We live in a world that includes countries with collapsed states, run by dictators, even in 'peachy' democracies spouses can live in fear of violence and children who confess to breaking the cookie jar can wind up in hospital. To simply suggest that fear of a consequence is symptomatic of mental illness is bizarre, reckless and banal.
And that would be one of many issues I have with this guy!!