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Re:The Calculus They Won't Teach You [video] by a9h74j on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @05:19PM (#34252711)
> some perspective on our own biases/limitations

This is sometimes prescribed in such form as: "Fraction X of your reading should be of authors writing at least 100 years ago."

Similar: In defense of the reading of old books by C.S. Lewis ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFHQDIE7CSw

"All contemporary writers [of any period] share, to some extent, the contemporary outlook."

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