110 sats \ 6 replies \ @OriginalSize 2 Feb \ parent \ on: Do you guys actually comprehend the books you've read? BooksAndArticles
I see what I did there. The one fictional work takes up a lot of space: Infinite Jest.
Of the others, I suggest The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. It's short and I enjoyed trying to live by his system of virtues.
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10 sats \ 5 replies \ @Fabs OP 2 Feb
Hmm, what topics are you most inclined to?
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10 sats \ 4 replies \ @OriginalSize 2 Feb
I lean toward practical books but part-way through Brothers Karamazov. On my to-read shelf are Consider the Lobster and Storyworthy. What about you?
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10 sats \ 3 replies \ @Fabs OP 2 Feb
Hmm, I've set my sights on the topics of: biology, history, psychology, philosophy, sociology and anthropology.
It's a broad spectrum and something for the next decade, but it'll be worth it and it honestly interests me.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @OriginalSize 3 Feb
On philosophy, I ordered all the books in this tweet so when I'm ready I'll make a project of those. https://twitter.com/Plinz/status/1692063864941355174
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Fabs OP 3 Feb
Holy fuck, that's some tough texts I assume.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @OriginalSize 3 Feb
Definitely. Probably twice as hard as anything I've done reading-wise, but the challenge is what made me read IJ and King's It. So here's a bigger one.
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