022: Don't Finish That Book: New Way to Look at Consumption of Books & Knowledge

30/07/2024 10 min Temporada 1 Episodio 22

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Episode Synopsis

Have you ever experienced a craving for new piece of knowledge like you crave a specific snack? Next time you have an "itch" – see if this is your psyche telling you to pick up a book you left behind, but not to finish it – merely to snack on it.
Few things in life are linear in life. Books are not either, even though they may come across as such: for they have a beginning and an end – but just because they are presented in such a way, it doesn't mean you should be consuming it linearly too...

Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(00:49) Snacking on knowledge, craving a feeling
(01:54) Books are not written linearly
(04:24) Physical books vs e-books
(05:08) Not all books are meant to be read
(07:31) Bookstore experience
(08:31) You don't have to finish a book

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Laura Sagen, host of On Emergence podcast