> I didn’t go to lectures. They were way too early in the afternoon for me to get out of bed for. ... > This appreciation of which texts were important, and w

> I didn’t go to lectures. They were way too early in the afternoon for me to get out of bed for. ... > This appreciation of which texts were important, and what I was being invited to write about happened much faster than would have been the case pre-Internet. I really do wonder how students do this today (get in touch if you can tell me!). Maybe listening to people who are well versed in the subject and the current state of the academic conversation? You can find such people lecturing, sometimes ;)