Alain de Botton Is Sorry, Sort Of
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In an interview with Ed Champion, Alain de Botton — the author who inadvisably left angry comments on the personal blog of the New York Times Book Review critic who slammed his book last Sunday — says that if he could go back in time, he'd tell himself, "Put this message in an envelope, not on the Internet." [Ed Champion]

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