Sunday, May 19, 2024

So, Lifering is inviting Johann Hari

 To be the guest speaker at its annual conference, its Congress.

To expand on what I said in an email forum?

Hari will be "interesting." He's certainly a "name" beyond the likes of a Candace Selby, who has been the top level of speaker at previous Lifering Congresses. It's certainly a "get" to get him.

Of course, that itself doesn't mean so much unless Lifering does good marketing of this, since its Congress is still, post-COVID, online oriented. Ditto in spades on getting Hari to market Lifering.

As for Hari? I've not read Magic Pill, but I have seen some reviews, including a semi-crushing one by The Guardian that brought up his past plagiarism and other things. He's also had to officially apologize for a wrongful claim that food critic Jay Rayner used Ozempic.

I gave Chasing the Scream three stars, and if you pushed me, it would be about 2.5. Lost Connections got four.