I’m coming around to a similar view of reading and even conversation with people. A book is only as good as it’s reader, a conversation can only be transformative or illuminating for both participants if at least one of them puts in a lot of “work” in the form of both interpretation and how they present their replies to the other party.
There is this intuition that good conversation just “flows” effortlessly, but that’s not necessarily the same as a “important” or “illuminating” conversation, which would also be considered a good conversation.
I’m coming around to a similar view of reading and even conversation with people. A book is only as good as it’s reader, a conversation can only be transformative or illuminating for both participants if at least one of them puts in a lot of “work” in the form of both interpretation and how they present their replies to the other party.
There is this intuition that good conversation just “flows” effortlessly, but that’s not necessarily the same as a “important” or “illuminating” conversation, which would also be considered a good conversation.