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What a surprise that you are also a reader of books rather than other content: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/7288759-vasco https://www.goodreads.com/user/
by ZephyrBlu 3y ago
What a surprise that you are also a reader of books rather than other content: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/7288759-vasco https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/7288759-vasco
Reading a book is arguably easier than reading technical content or other articles, because they don't tend to be as information dense.
I prefer reading things like this: https://commoncog.com/becoming-data-driven-in-business/ https://commoncog.com/becoming-data-driven-in-business/
But someone might like reading documentation for e.g. databases, which is also extremely information dense. I have briefly done this (https://turbopuffer.com/docs https://turbopuffer.com/docs) and read other database content (https://artem.krylysov.com/blog/2023/04/19/how-rocksdb-works/ https://artem.krylysov.com/blog/2023/04/19/how-rocksdb-works...), but it's not my favourite content.
Really weird to say "you read X, I read Y. We are not the same" and then follow-up with "oh but it's fine, you don't have to. But I'm X and you're Y".
I could replace a few words in your comment and make it about thinking reading books is the same as reading extremely dense technical content. It's a silly argument.
- vasco 3y agoWell I wouldn't be defending books if I didn't like them :) I need to keep Goodreads updated though, I've been losing the habit over the last years, because lately none of my choices come from Goodreads recommendations, but I love being able to see all I read. Thanks for the reminder! I don't think it's weird to acknowledge people have different preferences though, I don't like running marathons but I can see how people who run them would appreciate the benefits it brings them in health and discipline! I think there's maturity in acknowledging the things you think are right for you might not be right for everyone, but still be comfortable sharing your preferences in case others see value in them. I don't see it as looking down on others which you seem to imply I'm doing.
- ZephyrBlu 3y agoComparing a marathon with walking your dog is clearly implying a negative or lesser perception of the "walking your dog" activity. That is not a neutral statement of preference. If you intended for it to be a neutral comparison about preference I would have gone with something like triathlons, sprinting, athletics, etc.
- vasco 3y agoWoah man, I definitely like walking my dog way more than running marathons! That was exactly my point they are different things, that different people enjoy and they are not so comparable. You don't get the same things from walking a dog that you get from running a marathon. The same way you don't get the same thing from reading books to reading reddit URLs to reading research papers. It is you that is injecting "one is lesser than the other" not me.