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I'm trying to reconcile your statement with Alan Kay's, who said he has read about 16,000 books in his life. Should I read slowly and be well read? Or read qui
by copperx 10y ago
I'm trying to reconcile your statement with Alan Kay's, who said he has read about 16,000 books in his life.
Should I read slowly and be well read? Or read quickly and get the big ideas of lots of fields?
- grub5000 10y agoDepends on your goal IMO. You can't do both - it's something I've struggled with in my life so far... Interested in too many things to become an expert at any one
- davegauer 10y agoWell, I think you can't do both with all of the things. Figuring out priorities is surely one of life's biggest challenges for those of us with many interests.
- brudgers 10y agoTo me, deep and broad aren't mutual exclusive. My take is that well read persons are, to use the technobabble du jour, "tee-shaped". Or rather double/triple/quadrouple/n-ple tee-shaped having read broadly across many fields and comparatively deeply in more than one. Relative depth in multiple areas becomes easier and more likely with age as interests change and realized opportunities to read to greater depth accumulate. Reading deeply requires time. Reading broadly requires time. Neither has a shortcut. Neither precludes the other given a lifetime.