Why We Must Read Great Books

David Brooks writes about rising global emotional inequality. He ponders why in India and China there is rising unhappiness despite rising wealth. Here's the thing - rising wealth means rising wealth inequality. And rising inequality means rising unhappiness. This is what's known as irony. And only those who read and can well observe the world can comprehend such contradictions. 

The dum dum reaction is to censor the books that acknowledge such things in favor of books that validate their wrong assumptions.