Hater: On the Virtues of Utter Disagreeability Audiobook (Free)

A timely manifesto urging us to believe critically, form views, and argue them with gusto.

Hater begins from a straightforward premise: that it’s good to hate stuff. Not people or organizations or benign belief systems, but points. Moreover, it’s great to hate the items everyone appears to like.

Check out the click-baiting headlines of your favorite information or pop-culture internet site and you’re likely to find that just about everything is usually, supposedly, ‘what we need at this time.’ We about Hater: Over the Virtues of Utter Disagreeability will be the victims of the unbridled, unearned optimism. And the world needs pessimism. It’s vital to be contrarian–now, as the saying goes, as part of your. Because ours can be an age group of calcified consensus. And we should all hate that.

With this scathing and funny rebuke from the status quo, journalist John Semley illustrates that searching for and determining nonsense isn’t simply a useful workout for society, it’s also lots of fun. But Hater doesn’t just skewer terrible TV shows and strike songs–at its core it shows us how to meaningfully discuss and engage with culture, and the globe. Ultimately, Hater is what we absolutely need right now.