What Did We Learn From Lex Fridman's Book List?

I guess we learned not to do it again.

I’m grateful to Lex Fridman for kicking off an extended round of discourse about whether you should read books, and the precise situations in which it is cringe or based to do so. Book discourse returning to the zeitgeist is good for two reasons: for one, us readers momentarily become a little more high-status, receiving opportunities to flaunt good taste. It’s also good because, somehow, Regress Studies posts blow up when they’re about people arguing about reading books (for ex, Is It Okay To Finish Books?). Don’t ask me why, you’re the ones reading. Lex Fridman@lexfridman I'm reading a…

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