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He had great advice but lost me towards the end when he started saying "The More You Read, The More You Distance Yourself From Others" and #10. Seems awfully p
by mintmen 6y ago
He had great advice but lost me towards the end when he started saying "The More You Read, The More You Distance Yourself From Others" and #10.
Seems awfully pretentious to assume that once you read "good" books, you're suddenly the intellectual superior of everyone around you?
I don't think the purpose of reading literature is to box yourself into your own intellectual bubble because you suddenly can't stand to talk about pedestrian topics with others.
- serjester 6y agoNot a fan of taking advice on reading books from someone that's "selling" book summaries. He just comes off as slightly pretentious. As someone that been reading 50ish books a year for years, I'm surprised how much he upsells the fact that he's read a "whopping" 150 books.
- djeiasbsbo 6y agoI don't understand that sentiment at all. In my experience, as you learn more, you also get more curious. And the more curious you get, the more you want to know and learn about other people, their culture and their philosophies...
- codyb 6y agoI totally agree. The amount of times I’ve been able to craft a more insightful question about someone’s culture or work because of something I’d read prior has almost certainly got to be up there. And the amount of the times I’ve been able to produce interesting insight on a topic as well. It seems odd to treat people differently based on what you vs they know, with the exception of maybe I’d be concerned if say my heart doctor didn’t know about arteries or something.