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Any books about the disadvantages of being literate or spending your life reading?

>> No.18845032

Stoner

>> No.18845037

>>18845013
The Tunnel could be viewed that way.

>> No.18845044

>>18845013
Hesse. Glass bead game.

>> No.18845051

>>18845013
I recommend Flowers For Algernon. It explores the burdens of intelligence and knowledge.

Charlie lived a much happier and simpler life before his intelligence rose. For example, while he was retarded he believed his coworkers were genuinely his friends, and as his intelligence rose, he realized they were actually making fun of him.

>> No.18845177

zorba the greek. reading it right now, very comfy and relatable.

>> No.18845599

>>18845013
Isn't there a passage in Plato criticizing writing and literacy?

>> No.18845626

>>18845013
>A little Learning is a dangerous thing
>Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring

>> No.18846093

>>18845599
The criticism is in Phaedrus.

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>>18845013
Nice little history book through the eyes of a brain surgeon

>> No.18846160

>>18846132
I'm not qualified to assess neuroscientific claims but I will note there are some major issues in its descriptions of e.g. how Chinese writing works as I recall, which makes me doubt the overall quality of the author's research/fact-checking.

>> No.18846183

>>18846093
>criticizing writing in writing
what did Plato mean by this

>> No.18846217

>>18846160
They’re abstract symbols.
They’re also yet another male dominated culture

>> No.18846981

>>18845013
Faust