Sometimes you see people who read a whole bunch of books or at least claim to, and it's like..... "Do you, though?"
People who follow me have at some point seen me talk about some of the books that I read. I mean I only seem to read books for 14 year olds so there's that, but you can actually tell that I read a thing now and again.
In 2022, I made it through a whopping 111 books. In 2023, I made it through 84, and this year has been a much quieter year with only 27. But anyone who's been following me can tell. I didn't just read the books, I had something to say about them sometimes or I soaked up some set of ideas from them. Meanwhile it really seems like a lot of these people who claim to be reading all these books -- and not books for 14-year-olds like I read but actual book learning books, and yet most of these people haven't had a new idea in their heads in 15 years.
Look, I don't want to make this all about me. Reading 111 manga and light novels in a year isn't that much to brag about. But you've got someone like Barack Obama who claims to have read all of these big important books, and you never see him engage with any of the ideas in any of those books. Like what was he doing? Looking at the pictures?
My little brother did the same thing to me. He said they're talking about how he read a thousand books, and I'm like "bro you barely made rent for the last 6 months. Last time you produced anything creative was the Bush administration. What were these books about?"
People who follow me have at some point seen me talk about some of the books that I read. I mean I only seem to read books for 14 year olds so there's that, but you can actually tell that I read a thing now and again.
In 2022, I made it through a whopping 111 books. In 2023, I made it through 84, and this year has been a much quieter year with only 27. But anyone who's been following me can tell. I didn't just read the books, I had something to say about them sometimes or I soaked up some set of ideas from them. Meanwhile it really seems like a lot of these people who claim to be reading all these books -- and not books for 14-year-olds like I read but actual book learning books, and yet most of these people haven't had a new idea in their heads in 15 years.
Look, I don't want to make this all about me. Reading 111 manga and light novels in a year isn't that much to brag about. But you've got someone like Barack Obama who claims to have read all of these big important books, and you never see him engage with any of the ideas in any of those books. Like what was he doing? Looking at the pictures?
My little brother did the same thing to me. He said they're talking about how he read a thousand books, and I'm like "bro you barely made rent for the last 6 months. Last time you produced anything creative was the Bush administration. What were these books about?"
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