I always used to try to be "good" when ppl recommended books/research/etc by pretending that it sounded like a great idea and I'd def read
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Replying to @QuasLacrimas
The principle was "I respect you, you give good advice, if you think I should read it, that's enough for me". The problem was:
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...agreeing to read something (that you think independently is a bad choice) doesnt actually translate into very much reading.
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It'd've been better had I been naively arrogant (rather than sophisticated enough to know how dumb I was) & rejected the reccs
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Then we'd have talked about why the book sounded dumb to me, why you would take that approach, etc. And with my ugly arrogance
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...I would have looked stupid but blundered into a conversation that would have gotten me excited to read the book. Oh well.
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Eventually you get there anyway, it just might take a decade or so to figure out why that approach is is necessary on your own
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