Sam Parr Believes the Rise & Fall of the Third Reich is Beautiful
16 Oct 2022 · 0 min
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In a brief conversational clip, Sam Parr shares that after finishing the book The Rise of the Third Reich he feels depressed and inadequate because he perceives every sentence as beautifully written, making him doubt his own creative abilities. The other speaker responds by explaining that such flawless prose conceals extensive unseen research, interviews, and observations, and points out that only a few individuals produce a large body of work in a lifetime while most people, like Sam, naturally produce only a few notable works. The exchange normalizes Sam's feelings by highlighting the hidden labor behind great writing and the realistic limits of personal output.
