I want to expand upon the Idea that we will become our own "Private University" of scholars, here to learn more about the world. And we're not here to broadcast our "expertise" nor to seek Authority.
Dear GA, I have to comment right away, very powerful. Frankly I don't know all about feelings. Sure, I know that I have them and they are always there, but I assume I am acting mostly rationally. (I might be fooling myself?)
But the part about study the words and; We Have To Know What We Are Talking About. I agree heartily. I run a site that publishes books. Most of them I have translated from foreign sources. It is a huge work, and then to edit the "Pile of Words" that comes out of translation. Then I'll tell you; when I upload to my site, I don't just dump a file into Substack, Click save, and rub my hands. I READ EVERY LINE AGAIN CAREFULLY. Everything on my site I have read about 2 1/2 times, and I also take notes on what is being said like you do. Some insights are so good and so novel that I should read it a third time, and some day I will.
It's an estimate, but I am approaching 900,000 words already uploaded (read twice), and all that reading since July 23rd when I started my site. And I have prepared almost 600,000 words more that are ready to be uploaded, (read once). What's the hold-up? I upload one chapter at a time, and every upload is another email sent to my subscribers. Well it is between 60 and 100 emails; that's a lot of spam. So I am trying to respect their inboxes.
But Bottom Line: Do we remember what we read? Did we really take it all in? Maybe it wasn't so new to us, that a quick scan was all that we needed. If so, I suggest choosing some deeper reading.
My next one is going to be simply dynamite. I real intellectual power that I have never encountered.
Dear GA, I have to comment right away, very powerful. Frankly I don't know all about feelings. Sure, I know that I have them and they are always there, but I assume I am acting mostly rationally. (I might be fooling myself?)
But the part about study the words and; We Have To Know What We Are Talking About. I agree heartily. I run a site that publishes books. Most of them I have translated from foreign sources. It is a huge work, and then to edit the "Pile of Words" that comes out of translation. Then I'll tell you; when I upload to my site, I don't just dump a file into Substack, Click save, and rub my hands. I READ EVERY LINE AGAIN CAREFULLY. Everything on my site I have read about 2 1/2 times, and I also take notes on what is being said like you do. Some insights are so good and so novel that I should read it a third time, and some day I will.
It's an estimate, but I am approaching 900,000 words already uploaded (read twice), and all that reading since July 23rd when I started my site. And I have prepared almost 600,000 words more that are ready to be uploaded, (read once). What's the hold-up? I upload one chapter at a time, and every upload is another email sent to my subscribers. Well it is between 60 and 100 emails; that's a lot of spam. So I am trying to respect their inboxes.
But Bottom Line: Do we remember what we read? Did we really take it all in? Maybe it wasn't so new to us, that a quick scan was all that we needed. If so, I suggest choosing some deeper reading.
My next one is going to be simply dynamite. I real intellectual power that I have never encountered.
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