I didn’t fully realise until now, after reading some incredible books, how powerful books can be.
“I never let my schooling interfere with my education.” “Everything has its limit – iron ore cannot be educated into gold.” “All schools, all colleges, have two great functions: to confer, and to conceal valuable knowledge.”
Some interesting quotes from Mark Twain
What is writing? “Telepathy“, says Stephen King, in on writing. And it really is, if you think about it. I can share an idea and by reading this you can have that thought in your mind.
It’s also an extremely efficient way of transferring knowledge. You can read much faster than you someone can speak or you can listen.
Humans have a higher reading speed than listening speed. On average, the listening speed of humans is about 150 words per minute (wpm). The fastest we can listen and comprehend is about 300 wpm. However, we usually read at about 200 to 400 wpm.
And you can also skip bits and skim, which is easier than when listening.
Also, the act of writing something, especially a book usually forces the person to refine and process their thoughts more clearly and succinctly. It’s possible to read a book in 7 hours, what took someone months or even years to write, and perhaps a lifetime worth of accumulated knowledge.
Reading is the most powerful way to learn knowledge. It has a huge number of benefits. Here are 110 benefits.
Whenever anyone asks Elon Musk how he learned to build rockets, he says, ‘I read books. ‘ Not only does he read them, according to his interview with Esquire, he devours them.
Benjamin Franklin credits reading as one of the biggest ways he sharpened and improve his mind, and frequently talked about the benefits:
I also like to encourage people to read as much as possible because knowledge benefits you much like compound interest.
