The Value of Reading a Book and Inspiring Creativity

An easy trap to fall into, for emerson, is to just endlessly learn and then never actually create anything with the knowledge that you've acquired. Endless education can be a lifelong filibuster, so that you never really have to ever think for yourself. The proper way to read a book will always involve inspiring creativity. Do you want a society of mindless rob s that are good at memorizing information or do you want people that know how to do something useful with that information?