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The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters

PREVIEW: Book Club #66 | James O'Brien's How Not To Be Wrong

The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters

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Politics, News, Daily News

4.8977 Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Harry concludes the Unholy Trinity with Carl and Josh by examining James O’Brien’s memoir on how he turned himself into a shitlib, How Not To Be Wrong.

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0:00.0

Hello there, friends, and I think it's time to finish off the trilogy, shall we?

0:05.9

It's time to look at how not to be wrong, the art of changing your mind, the most humbly titled James O'Brien book.

0:15.0

Now, I have covered with Carl and Josh now being replaced for this episode by Luca Johnson.

0:21.6

Thank you for joining us.

0:22.6

Thank you. I think this is my real initiation, isn't it?

0:25.6

Yes, this is the trial by fire is talking about James O'Brien for half an hour to an hour.

0:32.6

And this will be a shorter one because we've covered the other two books in this unholy trilogy,

0:38.3

which are how to be right, which is his book on how to berate your friends and family into

0:44.6

becoming an insufferable Britlib centrist, and how they broke Britain, which I was hoping to give

0:52.2

some kind of insight into the legitimate criticisms that

0:56.2

leftists may have towards some right-wing figures, like actually going through their history,

1:01.8

pointing out legislation and actions they've taken, which have reasonably damaged the country

1:07.4

in very legitimate ways, but it would instead just James of Brian whining about people

1:11.8

that he didn't like for personal reasons. This is going over the same kind of arguments. There's

1:18.8

nothing in here in terms of like what he's talking about in the subjects that isn't well-trodden ground,

1:24.7

especially there is a chapter at the end of here called Trans.

1:27.8

It's the second to last chapter before the conclusion.

1:30.3

And if you remember the How to Be Right Book Club, there was a chapter on trends in that as well,

1:35.3

which completely negates this one.

1:37.3

It's the same chapter. It's the laziest thing ever.

1:40.3

What is more interesting in this book outside of the arguments, which aren't what I'm going

1:44.7

to be focusing on, just assume you'd be correct. They are the same, great, bad faith,

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