I don&#x27;t see anywhere that it says that. It <i>observes</i> that people do that, and that they take pleasure in their prejudices, but nowhere does he <i>approve</i> of that. Rather he talks at length about how it causes people, including himself, to miss out on good authors and books for no good reason - &quot;Our distaste for the trappings of publication puts us off from something great.&quot; He also refers to this prejudice as elitist and says he could only defend it with a &quot;pretentious&quot; deflection.<p>Heck, just look at how he summarizes at the end: &quot;And soon enough, it seems that what passes as taste is an arbitrary extension of our insecurities and neuroses, and that an insane hubris undergirds every value judgment, and that the best thing to do would be to start over, bringing no preconceptions at all into our lives as readers.&quot;<p>If I missed the part where he actually advocates prejudice please point it out.