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The flaw with this argument is you don't really know which books will change your life and when that will occur. There's no looking at a cover and reading a blu
by jtwoodhouse 2y ago
The flaw with this argument is you don't really know which books will change your life and when that will occur. There's no looking at a cover and reading a blurb on a dust jacket and knowing for sure it's a banger.
Sometimes, the value of experience only presents itself years later. I thought I was wasting a year of my life working in a chocolate factory, but I reflect on those experiences and lessons I learned every day, a decade later. Books are experiences we transmit to others.
- threatofrain 2y agoThe books in childhood are very impactful but the decisions to read such books are largely chosen by school and parents. That includes textbooks or other pedagogical material. When children start choosing it'll likely be from a set of ultra-popular books that have extensive marketing reach. You let things be too laissez-faire and you might find that just means letting the most status quo or hyper-trendy or big marketing budget voices make decisions for you or your kids. Is deliberateness really a bad idea? In fact, if there's too much uncertainty in the universe then deliberateness will look the same as serendipity.