Non-practice

Why should you read by a plan, by design, and not random?

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There are three ways in which you can read: Pleasure – “I like Science Fiction, I read SF books”; Random – “I’ll read everything; can I take it? OK, I’ll read it then”; Design – “In the next years, I’ll focus on reading only titles based on this criterion: …”; I like the latter one best; it lacks creativity, it may shape you into something you don’t want to become, but I consider it better than the two previous ones; I don’t think you can become good at something by chance; solution? Pick a criteria and stick to it. PS, 2018.08.03: Idea via Andrei Pleșu.

You don’t get smarter as you age (if you don’t chose to do so)

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I have two assumptions for this blog post:

  • If you don’t plan to, you don’t get smarter as you age – how can I prove this? In my opinion, most people in age are not necessarily smarter at 40 than they were at 20; sure, they are better at some things, but, overall they may not be smarter; or, to put it another way, not much smarter; I personally don’t see this in life – “People at 40 at smarter than people at 20”; sure, they are better with some skills, but not necessarily much smarter;
  • If you plan to, you can get smarter – how can I prove this? A lot of people that are smart now have gone through an intended process (read the things they planned, had the experiences they planned, went through life with a plan);

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