/lit/ - Literature

>>13991119
goes for everything, sex, music, math, literature, sports, ...

Has anybody criticized the premise of OP's thread yet?

Firstly, I'm sure 1 book suffices "to know more about some topic than 95% of people"
Especially if you want to optimize, as you write. Read 1 book on inorganic chemistry for steam engines or on the flower arrangement tradition east of Russia and you certainly know more about those subjects than 99% of people.
Secondly, why would knowing more about most people about a subject be a good goal.

Yes, I'd say read a few books about machine learning an this will have relevance to your the opinions you'll have to form in the next 50 years of your life. Indeed, if you want to optimize your life - if you want to understand more instead of enjoying the experience of childlike wonder, then download Java and learn what an algorithm is. The mechanics and their structures will be omnipresent the rest of your life.

>>13097605
People discussing how to act in social situations, especially with chicks, and are given an opportunity to reflect on their experience.
I don't understand what's not to understand.

(Also I'd not compare /lit/ to /b/. Especially in the last few months, it has somehow been accepted than 50% of all /lit/ threads are straight out discussion about mid 18th to mid late 20th century philosophy. Your typical b/v/gif poster won't pick up a 200 page book of any kind.)