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But finds/creates Mary Sue heroes in every book and casts everyone that ever gets in her way as a cackling villain or blithering idiot. It’s entertaining but it isn’t how the world actually works.


Yes, he does that and it makes for good stories by following story telling tropes

Definitely not useful for introspection or a dissertation on an industry, but it does provide some insight to learn more about the current state of the world and how it got there on topics that might otherwise be too uninteresting


It just seems like a pretty shitty thing to do when the people you’re caricaturing are real and you’re selling your books as non-fiction.


I see, I never thought too hard about it and wasn’t bothered by it

Its obvious that in his first book - Liars Poker - that its shitty to dunk on everyone in investment banking that doesn’t work in new york city front office. I know people that think that way and I know plenty of people that dont. So from there I can just enjoy the story.




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