First, like serially monogamous Emperor Penguins, there are serially monogamous readers. Emperor Penguins mate and remain faithful to one different pa

On Reading Non-Fiction

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2021-05-27 05:30:06

First, like serially monogamous Emperor Penguins, there are serially monogamous readers. Emperor Penguins mate and remain faithful to one different partner each year until they finish rearing their chicks. Like Emperor Penguins, serially monogamous readers remain faithful to one book they reading before picking another. Let’s call them sophisticated readers.

Second, like a food enthusiast walking down the aisle at a buffet reaching out for every other dish on the menu, some readers read anything and everything within arm's reach. Imagine one who diligently reads a couple of pages on Romanticism in their lover’s home, a chapter of Laws of Human Nature working in the basement, spirals down the contents of How Not to Diet in the kitchen, impersonates a rocket engineer reading Elon Musk in the garage, giggles at My Man Jeeves in a metro station, reads Untethered Soul while waiting to check out in a grocery store, and ends the day with a couple of pages more on Romanticism back in their lover’s home. Let’s call them unsophisticated readers.

As you read what you like, you end up liking to read. When you like to read, you inevitably become an unsophisticated reader. The act of reading becomes second nature. When reading becomes second nature, you read for knowledge and insights. But all books are seldom well-written. When a poorly written book wears you down, you begin to lose interest in the book and start reading infrequently or may give up reading. These are crippled readers.

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