This article puts forward the question of the human mind using categories, what that means and how it isn't a humane way to go about cognitive reasoning.
As part of a book (presuming so through the reference of other chapters for the book to go to later), the scope of the argument isn't entirely shown.
For me personally, the idea is interesting. However; I'm not sure I'm on board with categorization as a evil or wrong. Yes, it leads to stereotyping and perhaps a less than worldly view.
But as the author describes, this kind of thinking is so far ingrained into our daily lives that this topic wasn't even a debate until recently.
Even if the entire debate convinces those who read it, I fail to see how a new way of thinking could be implemented. Few will understand the book, and I struggled to follow as I read (frequently wondering what the argument/problem was).
I'll say it's an interesting idea, but I don't see a constructive application of this information.
Perhaps this information merely existing is enough, which is fair.
-Thomas Holland
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