22/5/2020 Yascha Mounk en Twitter: "I used to make two kinds of mistakes in my reading habits.

habits. First, I dismissed some works even though they w…

Yascha Mounk @Yascha_Mounk · 7min

When I was a kid, my mom had two simple rules about food:

1) I had to try everything

2) I did not have to eat anything I didn’t like.

I increasingly think this rule should also apply to books.

Let me explain.

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Yascha Mounk
@Yascha_Mounk

I used to make two kinds of mistakes in my reading habits.

First, I dismissed some works even though they were renowned classics or
had a lot of buzz.

“My peers look down on this author,” I’d think. Or: “It just doesn’t sound
like something I’d be into.”
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Yascha Mounk @Yascha_Mounk · 6min

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Second, I’d often force myself to finish books that weren’t nourishing me intellectually.

“It sounds like the sort of thing I *should* be into,” I’d think. Or: “All my peers think it’s really deep!
There’s gotta be something to it”
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Yascha Mounk @Yascha_Mounk · 5min

Instead, I now follow my mom’s food rules:

1) If a book is a classic or has enough buzz about it, I’ll give it a try even if it doesn’t sound like
something I’d enjoy.

2) If I start reading a book and it just doesn’t speak to me, I put it down without feeling bad.

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