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I think the "survivorship bias" argument for reading is a bit overplayed. There's practically _zero_ of these mega-successful people (Gates, Buffett, Zuckerbur

I think the "survivorship bias" argument for reading is a bit overplayed. There's practically _zero_ of these mega-successful people (Gates, Buffett, Zuckerburg, Musk, etc.) who don't read. Astonishingly, I can't think of a single one. While that doesn't prove causation, it definitely points at it! Do you want to try to be the first successful person who didn't read? It's not that reading was this one magical trick that caused them to be successful, but rather that reading was a prerequisite. At least, that's my take.

cadlin 9y ago
Donald Trump?
- gbersac 9y ago
  Not much...except Hitler speechs : https://www.quora.com/Does-Donald-Trump-read-books https://www.quora.com/Does-Donald-Trump-read-books
- sn9 9y ago
  I don't know that con men who inherited their wealth count as successful.
- tchaffee 9y ago
  Not successful. He just inherited Daddy's money and grew that money at a slower rate than the market.
  - baursak 9y ago
    If you define success solely by the amount of money, sure.
    - wonderbread23 9y ago
      Is that not the definition of success when running a real estate business? Trump himself is always talking about how much money he made. Or is the goal in real estate development not to make a profit? I get you want to assert your "holier than thou" morals of money, but you gotta pay attention to context.
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75dvtwin 9y ago
not everybody who reads a lot is widely successful. also replies below about Trump, are really distasteful.
IIIIIIIIIIII 9y ago
> There's practically _zero_ of these mega-successful people (Gates, Buffett, Zuckerburg, Musk, etc.) who don't read Citation needed, as well as a definition of "don't read". For example, for several years now I have been reading a lot less books than ever before in my life, almost zero. However, I took several dozens of courses on edX and Coursera and read a lot of documents on the Internet. Just no books, and a lot less newspaper and magazine articles.

cadlin 9y ago

Donald Trump?

gbersac 9y ago
Not much...except Hitler speechs : https://www.quora.com/Does-Donald-Trump-read-books https://www.quora.com/Does-Donald-Trump-read-books
sn9 9y ago
I don't know that con men who inherited their wealth count as successful.
tchaffee 9y ago
Not successful. He just inherited Daddy's money and grew that money at a slower rate than the market.
- baursak 9y ago
  If you define success solely by the amount of money, sure.
  - wonderbread23 9y ago
    Is that not the definition of success when running a real estate business? Trump himself is always talking about how much money he made. Or is the goal in real estate development not to make a profit? I get you want to assert your "holier than thou" morals of money, but you gotta pay attention to context.
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75dvtwin 9y ago

not everybody who reads a lot is widely successful. also replies below about Trump, are really distasteful.

IIIIIIIIIIII 9y ago

> There's practically _zero_ of these mega-successful people (Gates, Buffett, Zuckerburg, Musk, etc.) who don't read Citation needed, as well as a definition of "don't read". For example, for several years now I have been reading a lot less books than ever before in my life, almost zero. However, I took several dozens of courses on edX and Coursera and read a lot of documents on the Internet. Just no books, and a lot less newspaper and magazine articles.