A lot of the books mentioned are just popcorn entertainment sorts of books. It's like walking into the "Action" section at a movie rental place (or viewing it on Netflix). There are thousands of movies there but they all sort of seem the same after a while. On the other hand (to take the movie analogy farther), if you up a book like 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die and read through the descriptions of the movies, you'll probably find a good 20 movies at least that you really want to see and are worth seeing, and you'll likely get something worthwhile out of them.
The challenge of any information society is filtering the information and avoiding overload. You have to go from 250,000 cables dumped by Wikileaks to a five-page summary that someone made. You go from hundreds of books to a few.
The challenge of any information society is filtering the information and avoiding overload. You have to go from 250,000 cables dumped by Wikileaks to a five-page summary that someone made. You go from hundreds of books to a few.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
This message last edited by Tom on 17/12/2010 at 06:39:16 PM
Does this ever make you depressed?
- 17/12/2010 01:54:57 AM
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I don't measure myself against other people by number of books read.
- 17/12/2010 02:00:40 PM
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*NM*
A little.
- 17/12/2010 04:10:36 PM
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Which ones have you tried? *NM*
- 17/12/2010 09:09:50 PM
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I think we have this conversation every time I mention Eco.
- 18/12/2010 03:25:40 PM
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- 18/12/2010 03:25:40 PM
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Probably. 
It just seems like a shame that you'd figure you like him, and yet don't.
- 18/12/2010 03:44:20 PM
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It just seems like a shame that you'd figure you like him, and yet don't.
- 18/12/2010 03:44:20 PM
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Hardly ever.
- 17/12/2010 06:39:02 PM
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That's a good way of looking at it... a filter to steer people towards the books worth their while.
- 17/12/2010 09:11:34 PM
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I do notice the same, but it doesn't make me depressed or ashamed
- 18/12/2010 01:16:15 PM
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