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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 9405222">When it comes to history books, it is definitely a good idea to be aware of an author's bias and what causes are on their agenda because that will often play into their analysis. So it makes sense to me to be concerned about the personal beliefs of someone writing history, especially when those beliefs have a high chance of shaping what they write For me this is just something I never understood when it comes to things like novels, movies and music. If this matters to you, fair, I am not criticizing you for doing this. But it feels like a lot of peopel when they experience art now, almost do it like how some peopel buy products at whole foods or something. To me the connection between personal character and good writing is so not there (maybe even in the direction of bad people making more interesting art), and the percentage of really good writing so rare, I just can't use the personal life of the author as a measure for whether I would read something (obviously though there may be lines in certain cases or around key issues where it just colors the experience too much for me).</blockquote>