I have only read >50 books cover to cover in my lifetime (24

>>8687294
Nah you're fine. If you see it as an issue just pick up some more books.

>>8687301
thanks anon. but I don't know where to start and thus get turned off from reading. I know that I should start with my own interests, obviously, but my interests are pretty far and wide; science, philosophy, esoteric occult BS, porn star diaries, harry potter

>>8687294
I'd be more worried about your need to be validated by a bunch of strangers who watch Ching Chong cartoons on a Malaysian manga board

>>8687325
Start with the Greeks.

>>8687394
it's not really validation that I seek. maybe just a few suggestions for stuff to read. I would assume /lit/ would be more favorable than asking /b/ or /fa/ or /tv/ no?

>>8687398
I like this meme. Did anything that Diogenes actually write survive antiquity or is it all just passing tales of his antics?

>>8687325
Your interests suck. Start with the Greeks and then delve into philosophy. I'm sure there's a chart somewhere in the sticky.

>>8687423
>Your interests suck
that was meant to be a bit of a joke, sorry you didn't find it amusing

>start with the greeks
I like that as a meme. but if you are suggesting that unironically then just "no"

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>>8687423
>philosophy
>chart
I got your back, bruh. Have some recommends!

>>8687478
Are you the same guy who has been spamming this chart all over /lit/? If so, thanks, this is actually a pretty good chart.

>>8687437
You should unironically start with the Greeks.

>>8687479
4 threads is hardly all over /lit/... But you're welcome. Let the chart change your life, anon.

>>8687484
Did you make it or what

>>8687485
Nah, it's been around for years - since before I got my double doctorate in philosophy, anyway.

>>8687478
>starting with Nietzsche without having read the Greeks
How to breed a pseudo. You will only end up reading him without understanding him. That's what 95% of people do, they want to "become intellectual", start reading a book or two on Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, Kant etc. without understanding anything.

>>8687499
That's like saying "learning to drive a car without first driving a ford model T is a sure way to breed a bad driver." The greeks are obsolete. That's why they don't appear on the chart.

>>8687478
I OP have essentially read to the four corners of that entire chart (minus the german idealists nietzsche, schopenhauer etc.) I have never really studied them but taken some of their works into broad consideration

>>8687294
Some people read much less or don't read at all. A friend of mine openly admits he only read about five books since college, and he's in his mid-thirties now. And those five were either Dan Brown or 50 Shades.

>>8687514
Why though

Is reading uncommon among millennials? Why?

>>8687518
>Is reading uncommon among millennials? Why?
what planet do you live on, anon-kun? painfully being added to the milennial shitgroup myself, OP here, has read "like 50 books" in my lifetime. And I would consider myself on the more educated side of things.

Kids these days are playing with ipads in kindergarten. Expect to see paper texts go extinct soon

>>8687522
>tfw use kindle to read

The only time I read form physical copies is if I'm reading large books with many footnotes, like IJ.

And that is sad to hear, anon. The good news is that by reading we separate ourselves from the plebs.

>>8687518
I don't know, anon. He studied economics, if that explains anything. More interested in making quick material gains than in long term personal improvement, I guess.

>>8687527
>reading for personal improvement

What are you, a poo in the loo shitter who only reads self-help books?

>>8687415
you always seek validation when you communicate with another human

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>>8687534
>you can only improve by reading self-help crap recommended by Oprah