You might like to read “peak” by anders Ericsson on learning and expertise.
Personally I read a lot of books. I then grow, change, adapt and think differently because of the ~70 I’ve read each year for the past 3 years (and less each year before that). I often encounter people saying that they don’t learn from books. And asking me if I do learn from them. I can quote a lot of the books, I can describe how they fit in with the other books I know, I can teach people what was in the books.
I don’t believe I am an anomaly. I agree that in-person information transmission is more effective, but the transmitter needs to be good enough. And available. Many books I’ve read, I could not book the authors time to chat and teach me what they know.
Words point to the non-conceptual reality. In-person transmission enables embodiment of language as well. In short—potentially more transmits.
With books, the writing has to be careful to transmit well. Or the reader has to make assumptions. I tend to think, “who would I have to be to believe what the author has said.” at the same time as considering the truth claims and relevance to myself and my perception of reality.
You might like to read “peak” by anders Ericsson on learning and expertise.
Personally I read a lot of books. I then grow, change, adapt and think differently because of the ~70 I’ve read each year for the past 3 years (and less each year before that). I often encounter people saying that they don’t learn from books. And asking me if I do learn from them. I can quote a lot of the books, I can describe how they fit in with the other books I know, I can teach people what was in the books.
I don’t believe I am an anomaly. I agree that in-person information transmission is more effective, but the transmitter needs to be good enough. And available. Many books I’ve read, I could not book the authors time to chat and teach me what they know.
Words point to the non-conceptual reality. In-person transmission enables embodiment of language as well. In short—potentially more transmits.
With books, the writing has to be careful to transmit well. Or the reader has to make assumptions. I tend to think, “who would I have to be to believe what the author has said.” at the same time as considering the truth claims and relevance to myself and my perception of reality.