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Lessons learnt from reading a book a week for the past 10 years

by reallydontask on 11/27/22, 9:19 AM with 2 comments

  • by nabogh on 11/27/22, 10:04 AM

    Ah that took me a second to get it. Nice one.

    I agree with the sentiment that the commonly touted top non-fiction books probably won't teach you much. But I wouldn't cast out the whole medium just because you didn't learn anything from The Art of Not Giving A F*ck.

    The only kinds of non-fiction books that I feel have actually taught me anything are usually very specific mathematics books that walk you through the proofs of a field's main theorems, and probably some other textbooks.

    Books you find in bookstores are best consumed as entertainment in my opinion. Regardless of the non-fiction label.