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 Sinek manages also to misrepresent [[Adam Smith]], [[Shareholder capitalism]], [[Evolution by natural selection]], [[Friedrich Nietzsche]] and, most egregiously of all poor old Milton Friedman, whom Sinek paints as a kind of selfish Gorgon; something he emphatically was not.
-In fairness, Carse’s book, though elegant, is gnomic. It asks of its reader. It requires, but richly rewards, hard work. This seems to be work Sinek has not put in. His own book reads as if he’s read Carse’s flyleaf, thought, “okay, got it,” and taken off, embroidering the basic concept with his own
+In fairness, Carse’s book, though elegant, is gnomic. It asks of its reader. It requires, but richly rewards, hard work.
-The greatest tragedy will be if Sinek Congress to wipe
+But this seems to be work Sinek has not put in. His own book reads as if he’s read Carse’s flyleaf, thought, “okay, got it,” and taken off, embroidering the basic concept with his own ideas, some of which really aren’t great.
+The greatest tragedy will be if Sinek, who doubtless has a knack for popularising, wipes out Carse’s original, because Sinek’s version — which boils down to, “wouldn’t it be nice if everyone was kind to one another and businesses weren’t so rapacious” won’t last, and could take a better work out with it.
 Anecdotal, and ironically historical — it is very easy reconstruct an “infinite mindset” from a completed story. Not so easy to predict one.