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10 sats \ 3 replies \ @k00b 15h \ on: Nothing Was Ever Created by Two Men BooksAndArticles
Beautiful book. I read it only a few years ago. I couldn't put it down.
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142 sats \ 2 replies \ @kr OP 15h
I might have to start reading more fiction, I felt the same way. I was on the verge of falling asleep when I picked up the book, expecting to read 10 minutes and go to bed... but 3 hours later I was wide awake still reading.
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15 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 15h
Fiction is often thought of as impractical and frivolous for some reason. IME if learning abstract things is the goal, great fiction is much more practical and effective than most nonfiction.
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @kr OP 15h
Fiction is often thought of as impractical and frivolous for some reason
Yeah, I think it's rooted in the idea that fiction = not real.
On the surface it seems like a made up story wouldn't be useful to know in the "real world", but it's hard to believe that when you read great fiction.
Also, the value is harder to quantify, it doesn't always appear where you expect it to, and it's hard to rationalize (to yourself or others) why you're spending hours reading about things that may have never even happened. I guess that's what keeps some people away from the genre entirely.
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