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@Lila9 but you're still not understanding the point I'm making. I'm not saying "read only when you feel like it". You're making a straw man otta my ass.

i told you what i know, tell me what you know! what's going on? this forum is supposed to be for idea exchange and discussions, not for emotional debate. I'm just standing behind my idea from what i learned, not attacking anyone, not hating on any idea or anyone.

you have you opinion and i have mine. if argumentating an idea considered close mindedness, then everyone wouldn't know shit. am i supposed to say "well i might be wrong, on fact, I'm probably wrong, and won't even stand behind my idea because I'm open minded, I'm open to being wrong so i will never be sure"

No, the title is accurate and not clickbait. i said "reading books DAILY is lame" i said daily. then i explained in my post. and for that "what?" post, that's april fools, i said it in replies. If you guys just want a straw man to criticize the fuck out, just lemme know and imma make a stupid post to satisfy your needs.

what the fuck ? i didn't even see this line haha. bro you live in your own world and assumptions. understand what i said first.

@Lila9 you read the title and responded. i didn't say reading book is bad. read the post and replies

nice pattern, pretty accurate. never thought of it like that

exactly. that's what i was trying to say. no amount of external validation, attention and connection will fill that hole.

There has bever been a better time for you to master staying alone. what i mean is, figure out how to develope internal systems of meaning, validation, and identity. You can totally be happy while being alone without anyone knowing a single shit about you, without having a social circle, without anyone to relate to. the idea that isolation is bad and a sign of failure or something negative is not true at all. I've been where you are. maybe worse. i live in a conformist religious country. my whole family is religious. when i was in university, all my relationships were shallow, i couldn't find anyone to relate to intellectually. and when i do, it's only for a short period or some circumstances get in the way. i thought i was a loser and I'm the problem. But it took 1 year of staying alone, after quiting university, and dozens of actualized.org lectures and learning and experimenting to finally get that "turning inwards" figured out enough to get past my loneliness. Believe me when i tell you after that, i preferred staying alone, that fucking independence and happiness felt insane, to a point where it feels stupid to risk letting someone in lol. with enough learning, inner work, integrity, mindfulness, and constantly trying to figure out your next move in life, i promise you'll get so much better with loneliness. I've been in your situation, so if you want to ask any questions and get into details, feel free to DM me. ____________ also a mistake you might be making is having high standards when it comes to socialising. you don't have to check all boxes to be friends with someone. just enjoying their company and making sure they won't impact you negatively is enough. intellectual connection, having the same worldview, same mindset, same goals, same lifestyle and all that is a plus. also, the need to be seen and understood from the outside and prove yourself otherwise you suffer might be screwing you, thus turning inwards is necessary. you need to develop your psychology to a point where if it's only you on earth, you would be as much happy and secure when otherwise.

That's playing defence. also that won't guarantee better education, especially that you have to force yourself to read aka descipline, and forget 90% of what you read because our minds aren't designed for memorization. i might start pulling scientific studies and statistics at this point lol it's a simple thing, we learn what we use, and what matters to us in specific personal contexts. how much of that "general knowledge" that all of us memorized that you remember now? no matter how important it is? the answer would be just the facts that you either used to fulfill whatever purpose, or was curious about when you learned it, and still matters to you now*.

So reading daily would be motivated by fear? what if you can't avoid every trap there is?

@Basman They might find it interesting, but not for learning reasons. it's either for teacher's and peer validation, or for status, or identity, or other unrelated reasons. No absolute single one person on earth who's sole purpose is learning for learning's sake loves the educational system.

@Basman this just proves my point. school is memorization and indoctrination, you think school is for learning? all i learned in school is what I'm curious about, the rest is subjects i forced my self to study for grades.

the "never implemented a habit" is a wrong accusation. i don't have to stick to it for a year to have had tried it. it's enough to experiment with it for a while and see if it gets results. that's what i did. that's the point of experimentation. That's just false mind reading. You're the one frustrated from my opinion. all i did is share what i learned from my experience, and listed arguments for it.

@Basman you would do that for learning a skill for example, or a creative project, or a business.the index fund logic works there. but learning? in my experience, learning doesn't happen like that.

@Leo Gura You read so many books, probably more than any of us. can you enlighten us with you take on this?

it's not that i didn't try it. but i always found it not practical. i tried to implement it multiple times, and failed, mainly because it doesn't suit my attitude. there are times where i learn an equivalent of 3 hours a day of reading. and then others where i barely learn anything and I'm implementing after all the clarity and contemplation i got.

I'm not saying reading book is bad. it's the attitude. 20 minutes a day will be useful only if you already have the attitude of a researcher. and you probably won't respect that 20 minutes because you got questions to answer and won't stop untill you do. you would implement a 20 minutes a day reading if you have tight schedule

@Ulax Let's take your example of wanting to make a historical theory: You would be acting like a researcher, you would be curious all the time. because what got you to making that theory in the first place? Curiosity. you'll likely get into a phase of intense research where you find it effortless to read books without caring about how much you read, all you care about is to satisfy your curiosity, get answers. once you get those answers, reading becomes useless. after that, you'll move to another phase of theorizing and deep implementation and synthesis where you take more action than learning. that'll probably trigger more curiosity and the cycle continues.

I didn't say to not read books. the idea is about the attitude in which you read them and other knowledge sources. I disagree. it's more like a trick to horde information and mentally masturbate. if you don't put that to use, the brain is gonna dispose of it. there's something called mental obesity, it's when you expose yourself to so much information without using any, your brain stops remembering anything and you become someone who reads for stimulation and identity, not as a curious researcher. it isn't Neurodivergent at all. this cycle applies to so many aspects of life. life is not linear. just like mastery happens in long plateaus and short bursts of improvement, just like in life, you go through cycles of feeling lost and unproductive, developing clarity and vision, getting into intensity phase where where you are getting results and you're on fire, then another where shit doesn't feel the same anymore and about to be lost again. if you live an entrepreneurial life, you'll understand this.

For all my multi-talented friends, this is for you. instead of "think outside the box" consider this : "think inside so many boxes to a point where you create your own box where only you can create" this aligns with how creativity works and how humans who are able to be authentic create. this is how you you copy your way into originality.

I'm talking about the context of any creative endeavour that requires either expressive creativity or creativity as problem-solving, or both. like writing, content, painting, music, podcast, filmmaking, business....

@CARDOZZO for me, i meant the opposite. i never made a habit of reading books daily.

Didn’t expect to see this shift happening this soon… anyone else following this? "It’s official: several education boards in America just approved a pilot program introducing Consciousness studies; a branch in primary school curriculum including: • History of spirituality • Psychedelic studies: history and practices • metaphysical Love • 2-hour meditation sessions. and more." Honestly, I’m just sitting here like… what is happening in the world right now? the same world where trump exists and the war with Iran, and this?? Have things escalated this fast, or is this just a very niche pilot that somehow finally got traction?

@CARDOZZO yes, the thing though is I've been doing that unconsciously and couldn't articulate it until lately.