This but going the "other direction" for me.
Learning maths has mostly consisted of a repetition of me thinking for a brief moment "yay! I know how to differentiate functions", only to discover later a more general/different setting in which it was clear that no, I did not, in fact, know how to differentiate functions.
A Friend of mine with similar political inclination keeps telling me I should read it, for the same "know thy enemy" kind of argument.
I just can't bring myself to it, we all get bombarded enough with that shitty ideology, and have to push it back irl constantly, so I'd love to escape it, a bit, in my downtime.
Totally fair.
We all seem to agree that we kind of don't really remember it though. It's at least reassuring that that's a shared experience.
Yeah I mean, it's utterly forgettable. I've just not had that many book recommendations from friends, but I did really enjoy most of them, so I had to really scratch my head a bit. Best I could find to fit the bill was that.
I've read my fair share of shit books all on my own though, like a big boi.
Well I'll save myself the trouble of being put on some sort of list for reading it then, thanks.
I honestly couldn't remember any specifics beyond the fact I eyerolled many more times than one should when reading a book.
Something about a boy in a desert, meeting a wise old man who helps him find himself by telling him a few mystical stories...
Don't think you have. If memory serves me right, it's about being mindful and focusing on what matters, but wraps it in a ridiculously artificial "spiritual" setting.
This book is to literature what Instagram inspiration quotes are to poetry.
Was that helpful or necessary in the end? Or was is such trite that you could have done without?
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. It was a while back, so I can't remember exactly, but I do remember my friend not doing it any favours by really praising that book. Perhaps I was expecting too much, but by contrast, I found it to be a rather naïve, consensual, and superficial self-help book trying to masquerade as something more profound with a thin veneer of new-age spirituality.
Hope I don't offend someone who loves it. I don't feel strongly about it now, it was a while back, so maybe I missed something then. If someone disagrees with me I won't die on that hill.
Glad you agree that technical jargon can be used, and must be used, at the top of the bell curve. Be it always or sometimes.
Thanks, I gaslit myself into thinking I misunderstood what "technical science job" meant.
I think the reason paw patrol is on there is it can be viewed as police state propaganda.
I never watched it, so I can't speak for that, but I do know some people genuinely think that. I am thus not too sure that this is done ironically.