Marakesh 𓅦 on Nostr: C.S. Lewis recommended alternating one's reading with something like two old books ...

C.S. Lewis recommended alternating one's reading with something like two old books for every new one that you read to avoid "chronological snobbery".

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A man who reads old books cannot be fully captured by modern stupidity.

He has dead kings, prophets, poets, killers, saints, drunks, generals, and madmen whispering in his bloodstream.

The algorithm has no chance against this