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8. "If you haven't read hundreds of books, you are functionally illiterate, and you will be incompetent

Wed Jan 25, 2023, 08:50 PM

Jan 2023

“If you haven't read hundreds of books, you are functionally illiterate, and you will be incompetent, because your personal experiences alone aren't broad enough to sustain you.”

― Jim Mattis, Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9949532-if-you-haven-t-read-hundreds-of-books-you-are-functionally

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The People Who Don't Read Books [View all] icymist Jan 2023 OP

Well, what's a "book" these days? viva la Jan 2023 #1

Listening to audiobooks still counts as "reading" them FakeNoose Jan 2023 #4

Completely disagree GenThePerservering Jan 2023 #11

I won't disagree with your statement scarletlib Jan 2023 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 2023 #2

There is such a thing as a cultivated ignorance dlk Jan 2023 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 2023 #7

Ye's touting the idiocracy it sounds like Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2023 #6