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Why We Don't Read Books

Danny and Jon

CHAPTER

The Importance of Reading

I'm not reading anywhere near as much as I used to. When I read, I don't want to read because it's fun; I want to learn something. And if you're reading the book over and over, you're not doing anything new, anything different. Repetition without repetition is what comes up in my head as practice. But inside there, like inside the tweet, it's just one book. You need multiple books, multiple articles. Read around knowledge rather than ignorance. Books are simplified unless you're in literature or academic textbooks. Most of most of these things are deliberately simplified so people can use them for their own benefit. It doesn't help general population get interested in

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