Could not agree more. I have a rule I have to remind myself all the time. Do not judge what others are doing until you get the full story and background from their perspective.
Sure there are things that are clearly bad. But I saw that I was thinking “I wonder what is in that book”. Like I just assumed it was something he was reading to help himself in that moment. Not him reading a romance novel mid game.
I tend to think it’s only a big deal because it was AJ Brown doing it. If we saw Chase or Puka doing it I doubt we’d care nearly as much. Especially since it was (apparently) the equivalent of referring back to an inspirational quote written on a wristband or shoe tape. If he was reading Harry Potter or War and Peace, it would be a different story.
The author is a bit of a space cadet.
Dude whet on a Darkness retreat in the desert.
But its cool that he got some money out of the deal. I guess he went into debt to get the book out