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by pessimizer 1265 days ago
This depends on the books that you're getting the 'highest learnings' from. If you're reading a bunch of biographies and self-help, you'll end up with notes that are simultaneously less interesting and more grandiose than if you do the same thing while reading math, science or real (non-biography/non-inspirational) history and anthropology books.

i.e. don't record "wisdom," record information.

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Haha your name is great.

The danger I find in information is a) there’s too much and b) it’s already out of date.

Wisdom transcends time but is much harder to come by.

“I’m not a pessimist, I’m an optometrist” -Ricky