A review by kirsten0929
We Learn Nothing: Essays by Tim Kreider

4.0

Smart, snarky, funny, insightful. I picked this up after reading his essay “The Busy Trap” in the NY Times. I was pretty sure I was going to enjoy any book of essays that included one that started out, “If you live in America in the 21st century you've probably had to listen to a lot of people tell you how busy they are. It's become the default response when you ask anyone how they're doing: "Busy!" "So busy." "Crazy busy."" The other essays didn't disappoint either. He taps into those annoying, embarrassing, mysterious (and so on) things that we humans do, using humor to make us feel a little better about them.