on reading
So why is reading books any better than reading tweets or wall posts? Well, sometimes it isn’t. Sometimes, you need to put down your book, if only to think about what you’re reading, what you think about what you’re reading. But a book has two advantages over a tweet. First, the person who wrote it thought about it a lot more carefully. The book is... See more
William Deresiewicz • Solitude and Leadership
“There's a second component of reading that many people don't realize exists: searching for the good books. There are a huge number of books and only a small percentage of them are really good, so reading means searching. Someone who tries to read but doesn't understand about the need to search will end up reading bad books, and will wonder why... See more
Brain Food: The Rarest Thing You Possess
You have to be good at reading, and read good things.
Paul Graham • The Need to Read
You can't think well without writing well, and you can't write well without reading well.
Paul Graham • The Need to Read
Em termos de não-ficção, vale se questionar o porquê de estarmos lendo determinado livro; e saber que perguntas queremos essencialmente ver respondidas ajuda na decisão de continuar (ou não) lendo determinada bibliografia.