[snupples]

It seems like no matter what books I key off of, the results appear to be pretty nuanced and not even necessarily absolutely opposing. This is really cool.

I think part of the problem with just swinging to the absolute other end is, unless you're just interested in psychology, reading the "other side" is only of real value if you're reading quality, or at least good arguments made in good faith.

At the extremes there seems to be a much higher tendency for the authors themselves to be deep in the echo chambers of their respective ideologies, as well as a higher likelyhood that its target audience is more forgiving of poor content as long as it hits close enough to the mark. Blindly selecting content by a strict point of view would seem to result in lower value overall.

Not to say there isn't good reading out there in the extremes, but the level of chaff to sort through to find a decent seed is just too damn high.

The value is ultimately in finding good content and not just an opposing point of view. Whenever I can find both at the same time, those are the real keepers.