Welcome to the Exclusive Club of Book Masturbators
Where every list of books is “life-changing” or “a must-read before you leave earth and land on Mars.
Membership requirements:
- Should have written at least one article with a title that is similar to:
“10 books you should read before you die”
“5 books that are life changing”
“12 books you should read in your 20's”
- Knowledge bandwidth of a 12-year-old (where everything is fucking fascinating or life-changing)
- Strongly advise other people to read a bunch of books even though you haven’t read most of them
- Read a lot — but understand very little.
The majority of people here and on Twitter who create such lists are one more reason why our daily feed is an absolute crap fest.
Circle-jerking to the same set of books and never getting out of that shithole because — “engagement” baby. Because these lists are one of the best engagement baits.
But as a reader, who truly wants to learn and understand will never get to the good stuff because those books get buried…