5 Personal Rules for Reading Disagreeable Books
Books Are Not Valuable Because They’re True. Books Are Valuable Because They Help You Think Thoughts You Wouldn’t Otherwise Think on Your Own
No book is wholly right. Then again, no book is wholly wrong. All of us have biases and blindspots, prejudices and predilections. We are all—writers and readers alike—creatures of partial perspective. It’s the best we’ve got.
Reading profitably requires we recognize these limitations and compensate for them. And that sort of compensation becomes especia…
