But what is discussed in “Red Notice” has only gotten worse. It’s got to be easy, it’s got to cut like butter, it has to be enticing. People recommend what they like, they don’t think about what the person they’re recommending the record to likes. Then again, too many have been recommended loser books. But in the newspaper, in books, there’s a wealth of information. The network news, which almost no one watches anymore anyway, wouldn’t even cover the front page of the New York Times. But reading is how you get the most accurate, deepest understanding of the subject matter. Somewhere along the line reading got a bad rep. There are so many diversions today, how do you get someone to sit down and read a book? He spends two hours a day on TikTok, an hour on Snapchat, and almost never watches streaming television. I was hanging with a 17-year-old yesterday. “ Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin’s Wrath“
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