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Something I didn't realize when I was a kid: most books are bad. I used to think "This author must be an expert on x. After all, he wrote a book on it." That is not how it works at all. Some books are much better than others, and it takes a conscious effort to find them.
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Find people who value the same things you value in a book. Help each other out. There's probably a wiki somewhere already, cataloging books in your niche. If there isn't, gather a bunch of like minded people and start one.
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Perhaps books recommended by your friends and network are better. I always take a referral on books more trustworthy.
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"Most" varies a lot depending on the subject/genre. For instance, not many bad books on physics.
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A related realization: Just because *I* would be mortified to be caught confidently making an incorrect claim doesn't mean that *everyone else* would be. From some people, confidence correlates with accuracy; from many others, there is no connection at all.
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Isn't this basically the dunning-kruger effect? There might be a person specific component to it as well though.
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A small minority of books are worth reading in full. Even fewer are worth re-reading. Make sure to find both kinds of those books.
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But even if it’s a minority of most books there are plenty of books to read :)
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It’s crazy, yeah? Our research back in the day was solely regarded as books and periodicals. Wow. Now we have all the retards throughout the world to share their genius!
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