/lit/ - Literature

Start here probably and then look and see if you can find the syllabi of various college courses that your interested in. Make sure to pick up Making it Stick and other note taking or study method books too so you will retain what you read. It’s important that you pick worthwhile books and read them slowly and carefully and elaborate on what you read. Maybe make a zettelkastan note system on your computer that hyperlinks your notes together so you can draw connections or do it the old pen and paper way. Finally try writing papers or memos about what you read in your own words before you look at secondary sources. You can also follow people like Athenian Stranger on Twitter or other real PhD academics and listen to them talk and maybe ask question about things that confuse you after you have thought about it on your own. This is all a lot of work but it’s okay to go slow and treat it as a fun hobby. it will feel like you’re wasting your time if you are only doing this to check off books that you have technically “read”. You should only pursue learning about a topic if you actually enjoy it. Don’t do all of this work if you are simply doing it for mentally ill narcissistic reason so you can tell yourself or others that you’re the kinda of guy who reads important books.

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Maybe consider some of these works as well if you don't have a strong liberal arts education.

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