Reading books daily is lame

[Natasha Tori Maru]

@YIDIRYIDIR chill man, no need to get so wound up.

You commented in reply to a user they responded to the topic title and not body of the post - as if the two had nothing in common. Pretty common for users to do so.

My comment is aimed to get you to contemplate what the entire topic is saying about what you could be ignorant to. It's like a koan. 

Offense can only be taken.

[NewKidOnTheBlock]

I see your point. Problem is, this method you are proposing necessitates some sort awareness of action/application of the knowledge -  and a sense that this knowledge is relevant for you, prior to studying and learning about this information/knowledge. What if you are not aware yet of the relevance of this knowledge to you (regardless of whether the cause is emotional or practical) prior to studying it; but it ends up, in fact, being usefull to you in the ways you had not realized up until that point? Also, how do you know that you posses an accurate internal gauge on what is usefull or isn't usefull to you, when you are a kid for example? That's kinda the function of the school to lead you towards a proper path, otherwise you'd most likely just fuck around and end up stupid. Some information also doesn't really have an obvious practical implementation, and will never have; for example knowing the rules of how a certain language is constructed, you might say that it's completely useless to you personally and maybe you're right, but it's still neccessary from the collective POV in order to mantain coherency of language and thus our identity. So this is a fairly complicated topic in my opinion and there are many different ways to look at it. You are choosing to look at it mainly from the stage orange perspective, correct me if I'm wrong but I get that sense from you. That's fine, but it's limited and there's more to it.

Also, there's nothing out there limiting you from doing both; you can mantain a more casual, mechanical habit of reading books AND also study what you're the most curious about or learn about what's practical to you.

[YIDIRYIDIR]

@NewKidOnTheBlock we need to distinguish between learning as an adult and foundational education. i agree, primary school and a bit above is necessary and requires that attitude of daily learning and descipline. because at that point, you know nothing.

10 minutes ago, NewKidOnTheBlock said:

What if you are not aware yet of the relevance of this knowledge to you (regardless of whether the cause is emotional or practical) prior to studying it; but it ends up, in fact, being usefull to you in the ways you had not realized up until that point? 

you are talking about discovery. curiosity will take you further than just reading daily and hoping you stumble upon something. Curiosity doesn't just lead you to practical stuff, it leads you to all sorts of knowledge. if one has the attitude I'm talking about, you wouldn't need a daily habit of reading, you would already be doing that and constantly searching for answers, searching for clarity. and you are right, there's nothing stopping us from doing both, I'm just saying that one is far superior than the other. 

23 minutes ago, NewKidOnTheBlock said:

You are choosing to look at it mainly from the stage orange perspective, correct me if I'm wrong but I get that sense from you. That's fine, but it's limited and there's more to it.

Not just orange stage perspective, but also yellow. if you study systems, there's a difference between a complex system and a complicated one. 

a complicated System is a linear one, with predictable outcome, predictable interactions of components. an example would be just setting a system of of daily reading. it is linear, predictable, can be influenced directly and you can alter the results in a linear way. 

but a complex system is a system that works in a non linear way, and generates an emergent outcome that's far greater than what would be expected if you think in linear logic. it's where the saying of "a whole greater than the sum of its parts" came from. 

[ExploringReality]

This post is lame 

[YIDIRYIDIR]

Just now, ExploringReality said:

This post is lame 

at this point yes lol 

[YIDIRYIDIR]

43 minutes ago, Natasha Tori Maru said:

@YIDIRYIDIR chill man, no need to get so wound up.

You commented in reply to a user they responded to the topic title and not body of the post - as if the two had nothing in common. Pretty common for users to do so.

My comment is aimed to get you to contemplate what the entire topic is saying about what you could be ignorant to. It's like a koan. 

Offense can only be taken.

sure, i will make better delivery next time. 

[Husseinisdoingfine]

If you think you don't enjoy reading books, then it means you haven't read the right books.

In all do seriousness, you need to read books if you're doing self-actualization because there's a lot of profound material in those books which can't be taught through a video. Having books on your bookshelf is very helpful as you can always go back and quickly reference information you need or have forgotten. 

[YIDIRYIDIR]

1 minute ago, Husseinisdoingfine said:

If you think you don't enjoy reading books, then it means you haven't read the right books.

In all do seriousness, you need to read books if you're doing self-actualization because there's a lot of profound material in those books which can't be taught through a video. Having books on your bookshelf is very helpful as you can always go back and quickly reference information you need or have forgotten. 

I made a mistake by making a title that isn't precise and people think I mean reading books in general is ineffective.