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17561451 No.17561451 [Reply] [Original]

If books make you so smart, then why do bookworms rarely make money? Perhaps if a bookworm didn't waste all their time with their head in books they could actually do something productive and make money. In fact, it seems many bookworms are actively miserable, depressed, even suicidal at times. Reading in excess appears to cause misery and suffering. Bookworms, why not stop reading and focus on a different aspect of reality?

>> No.17561471

>>17561451
Because you erroneously correlate wisdom and moneymaking ability?

>> No.17561477

>>17561451
because anime posting is pedophilia for bug men, so you will never understand reading

>> No.17561488

>>17561451
I read Plato instead of the Torah so I'm not obsessed with fiat currency.

>> No.17561510

>>17561471
Well for example, if you're an investor then it certainly helps to have the necessary wisdom to predict price movements and act accordingly.

>>17561477
>bug men
Isn't BAP worship a bit too 2010's?

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17561516

At least I'll be original.

>> No.17561560

Money is inefficient. If I take a page of any random book and cut it to the size of a 1 dollar bill, 99% of the time it will have more text than a dollar bill.
Also most money just has the exact same words on it. "E pluribus Unum" yeah I get it

>> No.17561589

>>17561451

I would predict that people with more money than average have also read more books than average.

>> No.17561600

>>17561451
The more you read the more you realize money is not as important as it originally appeared.

>> No.17561820

>>17561600
Of course, and cults will also make you come to understand the same thing.

>> No.17561885

>>17561451
When you read enough you don't acquire an expensive woman and thus don't need to acquire as much currency to keep said woman's nagging in check.

>> No.17562264

>>17561451
Why can't I be a cute anime miad bros?

>> No.17562369

smart readers pirate their books

>> No.17562973

>>17561451
Who said that books make you smart

You're either smart or you're not, it's not something you can change

>> No.17563029

>>17562973
Having money does not mean you're smart either. It's very American this idea that rich people are better, smarter, fitter, happier, etcetera.

>> No.17563061

>do something productive and make money
In our financialized economy? bahaha.

>> No.17563256

>>17561451
Many intelligent people do not value material possessions that much. Charisma has more to do with making money than intelligence anyway. The ability to make connections and woo people is relatively independent of intelligence. Occasionally you get a person who is both traditionally intelligent and charismatic but such individuals are not the norm.