Kantbot's thread is good, read it: but I have a different slant. Asking me to recommend a book is like asking me to find a wife for you https://twitter.com/kantbot2000/status/815771074721959936 …
So if you want to ask someone for book reccs, try to have a conversation w/ him first! Otherwise, he's trying to unload his fat niece on you
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I may just end up fisking Kantbot's whole thread instead of eating lunch. Or should I blog on it instead...? like anudda shoah
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And yet: you need to experiment with different topics & books & ways of reading them to find what's fun for you https://twitter.com/kantbot2000/status/815771461625462784 …
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Some things you simply need to grind. If you're learning a new lang, you need to grind. (Discussed this in "Little Learning")
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But over the long term, your ability to read a great deal, & read steadily, with focus and an active mind, depends on pleasure
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Cast a broad net. What/how you think you want to learn about and what you have the will/mind to study, may be different things
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Ultimately the engine that keeps you going will be how much you want to finish this page so you can see what's on the next
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lol if that does it for you. Personally I don't like Evola, although his ideas always sound gr8 second-hand
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