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Similar thought from Albert Einstein (1930): > ”Much reading after a certain age diverts the mind from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and us
by svat 4y ago
Similar thought from Albert Einstein (1930):
> ”Much reading after a certain age diverts the mind from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking, just as the man who spends too much time in the theaters is apt to be content with living vicariously instead of living his own life.”
- Silverback_VII 4y agoWhenever I read something about Einstein the following comes to my mind: "The people told me, however, that the big ear was not only a man, but a great man, a genius. But I never believed in the people when they spake of great men - and I hold to my belief that it was a reversed cripple, who had too little of everything, and too much of one thing."
- fluoridation 4y ago"What a fool I am", said the fox. "Here I am wearing myself out to get a bunch of sour grapes that are not worth gaping for."
- tehchromic 4y agoI love this. I always wonder why I have almost no interest in novels now although I spent my entire youth buried in them. Occasionally I feel guilty. But I think life became the novel?
- enviclash 4y ago"life became the novel"... Sounds beautiful but idealistic. Surely risk perception plays a role in the difference.
- tehchromic 4y agoRisk perception. Clarify?
- tehchromic 4y agoAh, gotcha. Yes my risk assessment was prehensile.
- enviclash 4y agoI meant that seeing the difference of risk perception between acting in real life and acting in theatre could be crucial on the point discussed.
- dotsam 4y agoVery strong echo of Schopenhauer here. Einstein was a big fan, and even had Schopenhauer’s portrait on his office wall. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_and_philosophical_views_of_Albert_Einstein#cite_ref-Howard2_95-0 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_and_philosophical_...