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I can't bypass the paywall, but I infer from the title and some of the comments that at least part of the problem is the proliferation in the number of books be
by fouric 6y ago
I can't bypass the paywall, but I infer from the title and some of the comments that at least part of the problem is the proliferation in the number of books being written. From what I see, the solution is pretty simple - build and use book summary sites.
Now, obviously you don't just want to read "Cliff's Notes" versions of everything - that leads to shallow thinking. However, many of the nonfiction books that I've read can have 80% of their value summarized in far less than 20% of the number of words that they use, and a wise person would judge whether or not a book deserved this treatment before applying it.
- njsubedi 6y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23126372 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23126372
- _Microft 6y agoI read the article and it has nothing to do with too many books being written or basically any of the other comments here. It is a very interesting story about a man spending increasingly more time in darkness, the experiences he has there, his return into the real world and how it influenced his work and how he is now helping others to have similiar experiences. PS: reloading the page in Firefox' reader mode showed it in full to me. Go to reader mode and then reload if you only see part of the article.