Bullshit. Reading pays off. Always. Just read good books. You have only one life. But by reading you can assimilate cumulative wisdom from thousands of lives.

Bullshit. Reading pays off. Always. Just read good books. You have only one life. But by reading you can assimilate cumulative wisdom from thousands of lives. Sure, don't just read, personal striving is also needed for a wholesome life. I agree that if a book claims to be amazing and life changing, it likely is not. I find books can offer singular insights, and intuition about how people and organizations operate, what psychological and historical principles are general, and so on.