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I used to read a lot of sci-fi books in the past. Nowadays hardly one in ten books I read is sf. I just find most of what’s written these days boring. So I’d ra
by elorant 4y ago
I used to read a lot of sci-fi books in the past. Nowadays hardly one in ten books I read is sf. I just find most of what’s written these days boring. So I’d rather stick with non-fiction where I can learn shit. For fiction I prefer movies where I find the general quality better.
- pavlov 4y agoHave you tried reading fiction that’s not SF?
- elorant 4y agoLiterature is nice. My dad has a big collection of literature books that number in the thousands. I've read probably 20% of them.
- xcambar 4y agoWhy on earth did you get downvoted? O_O
- FranzFerdiNaN 4y agoBecause it’s some weird flex to explicitly say things like “my dad owns thousands of books” and “I read hundreds of those”.
- xcambar 4y agoOK, I see. I did read that differently and thus missed this angle.
- elorant 4y agoSince when it became bragging to own books?
- xcambar 4y agoBecause there's a thing called cultural capital, and it's not well shared in society.
- elorant 4y agoThe Internet is full of free knowledge. Everyone who's willing to learn can find a multitude of sources to do so. I don't feel privileged because my father happened to love reading. If he had a collection of wines or coins, or legos would I still be considered to brag about it? I hope HN won't turn into Twitter where everyone finds something offending all the time.
- xcambar 4y agoAccessible knowledge, educated surroundings and internalized behavior (read: habit) to self-educate are three very different things. Bourdieu is a good start on these topics.
- elorant 4y agoBecause someone is projecting his/her insecurities on me. Never mind, I've got karma to spend.
- crossroadsguy 4y ago> stick with non-fiction where I can learn shit Why would you do that? Why would you rather read something where you could learn something useful or even nice maybe? I mean of course you can read whatever you want. Genuinely curious. Also shit or otherwise, it’s such a fallacious myth that you only learn from non-fiction.
- ravi-delia 4y agoAt grave risk of wooshing, the person you responded to meant "shit" to mean "stuff". And while I love fiction, the best way to dump facts into my brain (and I suspect most people's brains) is directly. Cramming lectures into fiction does a grave disservice to both, and while a talented author can sneak them in such skill is often better applied to either domain alone.