FAR OUT #103 ~ Survival of the Fittest, Building an Anti-Library and Other Approaches to Reading

Episode Description

The right book at the right time has the potential to change the trajectory of your life. That's why we don't set a budget for books. It's also why we love talking about reading.

We live in an unprecedented time where our access to knowledge and ideas is almost unlimited and costs almost nothing. Nobody before you has ever known such an opportunity. How can you make the most of it? By reading.

We explore why we read along with our strategies and tactics for reading, like why the books you haven't read are more important than the ones you have, how the books you are looking for are looking for you, why it's way too costly to limit how much you spend on books, when you should heed a book recommendation and why you should never force yourself to finish a book.

Listen and explore:

• The books you’re looking for are looking for you

• Why you should be building an anti-library

• Why you should never limit how much you spend on books

• Survival of the fittest: let books compete for your attention

• The golden rule about reading

• The best place to download free books

• The Rule of Three, the Linda Effect and other filters for deciding what to read

• Why reading is so important in living a creative life

Mentioned on this episode:

• Tiger King Documentary

• His Dark Materials Omnibus by Phillip Pullman

• Midnight Sun by Stephenie Myer

• How to Read a Book by Charles Van Doren & Mortimer Adler

• Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Taleb

• The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Taleb

• The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams by Deepak Chopra

• Project Gutenberg

• Goodreads.com

• Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

• Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation by Parker Palmer

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Credits:

• Photo credit: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/794533559233907049/

• Intro music: “Complicate ya” by Otis McDonald

• Outro music: “Running with wise fools” written & performed by Krackatoa (www.krackatoa.com)