> Reading a bunch of popular bestseller self help books doesn't actually teach you anything, even if you read 5000 of them.

Agree. Your time in life is finite, so one should read only the good stuff (and yes, objectively, some books are better than others).

> Agree. Your time in life is finite, so one should read only the good stuff (and yes, objectively, some books are better than others).

Wow, what a way to look at things... if life is finite why waste all of your time reading books someone else deems to be be "objectively" better than others? Just read whatever the hell appeals to you and forget about the official "deemed worthy" cannon.

I think I partly agree, reading anything is probably better than the alternatives if you want to do something to improve yourself.

However, you could also try, yourself, to make an educated guess or research what you might read to decide, for yourself, whether you consider it 'worthwhile' to spend your time on. You are setting up a false choice between 'read whatever you feel like without thinking about it at all' and 'only read what they tell you is worth reading', which aren't even choices among the same set of alternatives!

Thanks for the feedback. It's simple - I realised that having a better system to read and learn is needed, and I did research and created a system for myself. During this process, I decided to share as my friends and colleagues are interested in this topics. It got picked up by HN.

So no advice were given and you don't have to take it. But I'm also always happy to learn from others.