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Re:Why books don't work (2019) by Bodell on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @12:46PM (#24556765)
I often quote this line from Nabokov “Curiously enough, one cannot read a book: one can only reread it. A good reader, a major reader, an active and creative reader is a rereader.” [1]

Also, these books mentioned, as all non-fiction books do, include a bibliography. If someone wants to learn more, they simply should read more.

We can’t expect any device, book or otherwise, to do the work for us. If someone is not getting what they want out of it, I would suggest that they work harder.

“I believe that learning at its best is the antithesis of comfort.” Ruth J. Simmons, 18th president of Brown University. [2]

[1] http://www.en.utexas.edu/amlit/amlitprivate/scans/goodre.htm...

[2] https://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2001-02/01-...

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