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I liked how Taleb explained how it feels knowing that the more you know, you underestimates even more the value of what you already knows. I have in my house p
by ankaAr 4y ago
I liked how Taleb explained how it feels knowing that the more you know, you underestimates even more the value of what you already knows.
I have in my house perhaps 42 square meters of bookshelves full of books, sometimes books behind books. Books that I will never read (old books about mouth surgery that I don't know what are doing there). I read what is considered a lot, but it is impossible to read all, and not all topics in my library, made with books from my grandparents (mostly history and engineering) my mom (arts and history) and dad (that is a collector of "things", books are one of those things)
Lately I started to buy roleplay books, physical ones and during pandemic, PDFs. I think I will never have the time to play everything I bought.
Going back to Taleb arguments summarised by Popova.., yes I think that walking in a library feels like staring at the universe and feeling how little you are, how amazing are those worlds (the books) and how exciting is planing the next adventure. You reads a lot, but still are more to read. And the hungry grows then.
- larve 4y agoIs that idea of Taleb that the more you know, the more you underestimate what you already know out of the black swan?
- q7xvh97o2pDhNrh 4y ago<snark> I think Socrates beat him to it by a few years. </snark>
- larve 4y agoIf by socrates you mean "the more i know the less i know", I think that's a different idea. I am curious about the "the more you know, the less you think you know, but actually you know quite a bit". An inverted dunning-kruger, sort of.
- ankaAr 4y agoYes, but I liked how he tied that with books, the emptiness for those books that I will not read. I read a lot, I read nothing yet.