3 ms·
I like reading books, but there's nothing inherently good about getting knowledge through books. Especially a lot of the "entrepreneur" or "productivity" books
by rtpg 8y ago
I like reading books, but there's nothing inherently good about getting knowledge through books.
Especially a lot of the "entrepreneur" or "productivity" books, where you have 80% padding because nobody wants to buy a 40 page book.
- rorykoehler 8y agoI'm in the early stages of writing a book now. Looking at my notes I'm thinking this will be a short but information dense book. At first it demotivated me slightly but then I realised I'm mostly writing the book as a reference for myself so now I'm actively trying to further condense. Thinking back most of the good business books I've read have been exceptionally short and to the point.
- JumpCrisscross 8y ago> there's nothing inherently good about getting knowledge through books Strongly disagree. Reading a book requires patience and comfort with delayed gratification. Not only does it require it; I think it also develops it.
- Retric 8y agoI don't think of a book as delayed gratification because books don't take that long. Consider, you click on a link and get a video your first thought is "do I have time for this?" Watching a MOOK's is a huge commitment where reading a book covering the same material is fast. Video brings great value and can be more relaxing, but reading is generally just faster.
- mattferderer 8y agoWhich is why Audiobooks are popular & the most used feature is 2X playback on Audible.* *No stats on this. They really don't have any features in their apps, so pretty confident here.