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Re: Fuck You Startup World

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Post by cardigan »

kafkaesq wrote: post #61

Fuck reading a book a week. No one can read that fast. Let me repeat that -NO ONE CAN FUCKING READ THAT FAST. Finally someone has the courage to tell the truth. I mean, I get the part about the necessary skimming one has to to do not just get through school, but be a practical, working academic (as described in the HBR article). Or the way that techies need to skim lots of tech books to stay ahead in one's career. Bu…

Sorry that's not the truth, I read about a book a week. This week I've read 3 and started another 2. The secret is to read for enjoyment, a lot, and eventually you get fast. If it feels like a chore, you're not reading the right books: read something else. If you're enjoying it, it's easy to get carried away and read for many hours at a time.

Re: Fuck You Startup World

#92

Post by fdgdasfadsf »

bmelton wrote: post #64
fdgdasfadsf wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

His point is that reading is about the journey not the destination. Better to read less books but savour and enjoy them (or if non-fiction is your thing take the time to learn the materials properly) then finish them to say you finished them.

I mean, sure, and of course that's right -- but you can do that and still easily read a book a week at the same time.

Yeah but don't make that the target. Make having time to read and enjoy it the target.

Re: Fuck You Startup World

#93

Post by josebaez »

abritinthebay wrote: post #82

> Fuck reading a book a week. No one can read that fast. Now the rest of the complaints are... well at least reasonable to rant about (well, the technical ones are kinda crap, but culture ones are apt). But this? This is just silly. Reading a single book shouldn't take someone a week. A good sized book can be read in weekend afternoon if you're really into it. But 3 days of occasional reading should get most writing…

really? try to read the joy of clojure in one weekend.

Re: Fuck You Startup World

#94

Post by fdgdasfadsf »

wombatpm wrote: post #90
fdgdasfadsf wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

His point is that reading is about the journey not the destination. Better to read less books but savour and enjoy them (or if non-fiction is your thing take the time to learn the materials properly) then finish them to say you finished them.

People say that, but the destination is important. "Journeys require endpoints, otherwise you're not Frodao, your just a homeless guy wandering around with stolen jewelry" - The Oatmeal http://theoatmeal.com/comics/unhappy

Not really applicable given I was using a journeys as a metaphor.

Re: Fuck You Startup World

#95

Post by bmelton »

fdgdasfadsf wrote: post #92
bmelton wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I mean, sure, and of course that's right -- but you can do that and still easily read a book a week at the same time.

Yeah but don't make that the target. Make having time to read and enjoy it the target.

I've known a number of folks who have done "read more" challenges, whether 50 books a year was the target or some other number, and while this is surely anecdotal, the real goal wasn't hitting some arbitrary number, but simply to encourage reading more, and prioritizing reading as a hobby.

As someone whose greatest pleasure is a day off with a good book, it's hard to balance reading with all the grownup responsibilities we have, and as a leisure item, it's usually the first thing cut from a busy day's schedule. Reading a book a week isn't as much about the number, but by gamifying the outcome, you prioritize it above things you might otherwise not.

Re: Fuck You Startup World

#97

Post by pwinnski »

fdgdasfadsf wrote: post #94
wombatpm wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People say that, but the destination is important. "Journeys require endpoints, otherwise you're not Frodao, your just a homeless guy wandering around with stolen jewelry" - The Oatmeal http://theoatmeal.com/comics/unhappy

Not really applicable given I was using a journeys as a metaphor.

So was The Oatmeal. And Tolkein.

Re: Fuck You Startup World

#98

Post by kafkaesq »

cardigan wrote: post #91
kafkaesq wrote: post #61

Fuck reading a book a week. No one can read that fast. Let me repeat that -NO ONE CAN FUCKING READ THAT FAST. Finally someone has the courage to tell the truth. I mean, I get the part about the necessary skimming one has to to do not just get through school, but be a practical, working academic (as described in the HBR article). Or the way that techies need to skim lots of tech books to stay ahead in one's career. Bu…

Sorry that's not the truth, I read about a book a week. This week I've read 3 and started another 2. The secret is to read for enjoyment, a lot, and eventually you get fast. If it feels like a chore, you're not reading the right books: read something else. If you're enjoying it, it's easy to get carried away and read for many hours at a time.

Yeah, I get the "enjoyment" part. What it comes down to is that some people just like to read (certain kinds of things) more slowly, even though they could be reading them more quickly. Guiding principle being: it's not the number of words (or the number of books read in a year), but the intensity of the experience that they're after.

Re: Fuck You Startup World

#99

Post by mlvljr »

Florin_Andrei wrote: post #72
testudovictoria wrote: post #71

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> I want to get work done and move on with life, not play silly office games. Open space floor plans kill my focus. I always found the people against cubicles but for open floor plans strange. In reality, it's pretty much impossible to build offices for every employee. Cubicles were supposed to be the fix for that. You have a open office with space and partitions to separate you from other people. Then someone said t…

> Then someone said that open offices offer substantial collaboration for employees. > From the other side, I get management types telling me to keep my voice down, because I'm disturbing the collaborators. > But cubicles are somehow terrible. As someone who grew up in the Eastern Bloc, I find this kind of Doublethink almost... nostalgic? Ahhh, the good old days, when we were all following Dear Leader's flawless dire…

Some of us still are!!

..bloc -> block, probably

Re: Fuck You Startup World

#100

Post by smnplk »

josebaez wrote: post #93
abritinthebay wrote: post #82

> Fuck reading a book a week. No one can read that fast. Now the rest of the complaints are... well at least reasonable to rant about (well, the technical ones are kinda crap, but culture ones are apt). But this? This is just silly. Reading a single book shouldn't take someone a week. A good sized book can be read in weekend afternoon if you're really into it. But 3 days of occasional reading should get most writing…

really? try to read the joy of clojure in one weekend.

thanks for reminding me I have to continue reading that book :D
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