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Oh, jeez. This sounds miserable and antithetical to the very concept of education. If you're the kind of self-learner who'd honestly eschew a traditional educa
by jmduke 14y ago
Oh, jeez.
This sounds miserable and antithetical to the very concept of education. If you're the kind of self-learner who'd honestly eschew a traditional education (liberal arts educations are incredibly valuable, even if liberal arts degrees aren't), then you're better off not wasting your time with dozens of 'business books'.
College isn't about developing your 'personal brand.' College is about doing the things that excite and challenge you, often with wanton disregard for your 'personal brand.'
- lukethomas 14y agoWhy do you need a college class to learn about liberal arts? I see way too many peers doing nothing with their time - if I saw more students actually pursuing something productive, I may have a different outlook.
- jmduke 14y agoWhat's your definition of being productive? Do you think that spending time reading 'The Four Hour Work Week' when you haven't had a job is time well spent? I don't think reading dozens of startup books is particularly more productive than, say, anything.
- lukethomas 14y agoIt's interesting that you point that out (especially out of the thirty or so books on the list). 50% of that book is fluff, yet there are very important points mixed in (i.e. - checking email a few times a week, specific tools to save time, etc).
- cafard 14y agoIn response: the danger of purely self-guided reading is that you may pursue your own inclinations too far without reference to what else is out there. Autodidacts are notorious for strangely uneven knowledge, knowing everything about some small topic, and not much about large areas of common knowledge.