Governments don't want a population capable of critical thinking, they want obedient workers, people just smart enough to run the machines and just dumb enough to passively accept their situation.
George Carlin
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Governments don't want a population capable of critical thinking, they want obedient workers, people just smart enough to run the machines and just dumb enough to passively accept their situation.
George Carlin
the ruling class is also the owner class, who makes very little money from you if you're reading, vs being forcefed ads on instatwitbooksnaptoktube, while also freely providing them with millions of data points they can also sell to advertisers.
as an academic librarian, i can tell you: the outlook for future generations is grim
Anyone have a tldr?
Your relationship with reading is more than likely a direct result of your experiences with authority figures as a child.
Thank you, though now I feel like the sarcasm in my comment was not clear.
I missed it too, but now I'm laughing so hard the cat is hiding down the hall... :)
I’ll offer a recommendation. Pass a book between chapters/sections with someone you want to discuss it with. My wife and I read two chapters at a time leapfrogging each other and it keeps us excited and engaged in it with each other. It also acts as a loving encouragement when we get slow or struggle with motivation.
Absolutely agree with the excerpt. Audio-video works best for entertainment, but learning and understanding comes from reading, in my experience.
Odd that she's making this point in an audio podcast, but her transcript is appreciated, and I'm reading it, not listening.