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This is so good, and so, so true.
“One positive lesson, though, is that simply reading can give one an “angle” nobody else has — even if everybody else is talking and thinking about the thing one is actually reading.” https://arcdigital.media/nobody-reads-f30882091f7c
“One positive lesson, though, is that simply reading can give one an “angle” nobody else has — even if everybody else is talking and thinking about the thing one is actually reading.” https://arcdigital.media/nobody-reads-f30882091f7c
I wrote something in a similar vein, after I noticed shamelessly untethered from reality misconceptions about books/ideologies being repeated. Just completely unmoored from the actual texts they are alleging to have referenced. https://defaultfriend.substack.com/p/44-i-dont-read-enough-you-probably/comments
My biggest takeaway? Even reading the Wikipedia page or watching a few intro YouTube videos for a writer like Adorno, for instance, will allow you to speak more intelligently & accurately than 99% of people.
The real edge, of course, is doing the work. I think it’s worth it.
The real edge, of course, is doing the work. I think it’s worth it.
A final important companion article is this one— https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/is-postmodernism-really-worthless-review-of-cynical-theories
