‘Heavy Books, Compulsory Positivity, and Post-Dissertation Depression’

“A friend who is a comedy writer once asked me what my book was about. I explained that it was about people getting hurt at their jobs and what I see as the limits of legal responses to those injuries. He replied ‘that’s really dark. It’s probably not good for you to spend so much time in that headspace’. I said ‘oh it’s fine, it’s based on my dissertation, I’ve been thinking about this stuff for about a decade’. He responded, ‘you realize that’s not reassuring, right?’ I didn’t at first …” (more)

[Nate Holdren, Legal History Blog, 22 July]

First posted 2020-07-23 05:17:55

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