4) Never read a book written by a journalist 5) Never read a book if you understand the table of contents
1) Never read a book that can be adequately summarized 2) Never read a book you would not reread 3) No book that can be shortened survives
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6) Never read a textbook as if you were reading a book 7) Never read a textbook in the sequence prescribed by the author(s)
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8) Never read a book if you know what you are getting out of it.
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9) Never read a book if you don't expect to be surprised by something in it, while reading it.
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(Note to those IYIs who can't get it: things you wouldn't read as a book you can read as articles, or, better, summaries).
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From comments I am getting for (2), the notion of *paradox* appears to be foreign to IYIs. So is that of the application of *aphorisms*.
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Thanks everyone for the generosity & answers. So looks like 3 days in Seville, 2 in Granada, 1 in Cordoba (this trip)
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@nntaleb Don't forget to take a selfie with Séneca's statue in Córdoba
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genuinely interested in how you would judge Fooled By Randomness with respect to (1), (2), (3), and (5).
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Aphorisms are strengthened by exceptions. But I wouldn't know: I don't read my books.
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Gibbons Decline and Fall is a counterexample to 3
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How do YOU know if you haven't read it? A few examples would help others to make sense of your own strange maxims.
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love this.
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get him on your podcast James.....
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funny you should ask... Episode 45: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-james-altucher-show/id794030859?mt=2&i=1000365393984 …
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oh thanks for this!
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you're welcome! Enjoy
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yep listening to it now :-)
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