If We Talked About Literature the Way We Talk About Math
Novels chosen for being 'real world': 800 pages on automotive supply chains.
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"I figured out why you hated the last novel I assigned." "Because it was boring and confusing?" "No! Because it wasn't real enough. That's why our next book is 800 dense pages on supply chains in the automotive industry." "Can't we read Lord of the Rings?" "No, you'd hate that! It's not Real World!"