DILEMMA - Fiction vs. non-fiction?? ...Am I prisoner and slave of my own brain ??
Hello Steemians! I need your advice :)
Example
I guess we all know that sweet feeling when a group discussion, you can say "I've read a book about this and...". Boom, suddenly they all stop talking over each other and now you're the king of the situation, you're the educated one now. But can you say "I've read Harry Potter last week...." and get the same reaction?
Problem
The above example perfectly describes my dilemma about what kind of literature should I read. In today's world, there's not much time for books and therefore I always want to be sure I'm reading something beneficial for my life. I'm struggling with decision whether a fiction literature also enriches me in some major way or is it really just almost a "waste of time"?(Over)thinking part
I'm wondering if the quote from my role model Ido Portal in this video talks exactly about me.Information is toxic, it's addictive and we run after it, but at some point it turns on us, it paralyses us, it freezes us up & it doesn't allow us to continue learning and it's not anymore a contributing factor for our development.
I know there are so many awesome fiction books which could just take me faaar away from all the daily so called problems. They could take me to magical lands full of dragons and fairies where flying is as normal as talking. Or they could take me to the battlefield where Earthians and Martians are fighting an enemy aliens from neighboring solar system. Exciting stuff...And yet, I'm here, drinking my coffee and reading about history of bitcoin, apporaching age of artificial intelligence or some auto-biography of an important figure in human history.
Who is in charge - you or your brain?
This makes me think - might be, that I'm really trapped inside my own knowledge-hungry, appreciation-addicted mind, which constantly WANTS MORE? I'd love to hear from you what your take on this problem of mine is. I've been denying myself to endulge in fiction books for years now and despite liking the non-fiction literature I read, I'm wondering if I'm not restraining my right hemisphere from its food. Use it or lose it ...
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Thanks for reading and let me know what you think! Martin
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Mother tongue version
Cavte ludia, potrebujem Vasu radu :)
Priklad
Vsetci urcite pozname ten sladky pocit ked uprostred rozhovoru s kamaratmi mozme povedat "Cital som o tomto knihu a pisali tam, ze...". Boom, zrazu vsetci stichnu a my sme zrazu krali situacie, my sme ti, ktori su v danej teme vzdelani. Ale mozme povedat "Minuly tyzden som cital Harryho Pottera..." a dostat od kamaratov rovnaku reakciu/pozornost?
Problem
Hore uvedeny priklad krasne demonstruje moju roky pretrvavajuci dilemu ohladom toho, aku literaturu by som mal citat. V dnesnej dobe nemame vela casu, ktory mozeme stravit citanim a o to viac si chcem byt vzdy isty, ze to co citam ma obohacuje. A ako uz aj tusite, neviem sa rozhodnut ci je citanie beletrie na nieco uzitocne, alebo je to len strateny cas.Analyza
Rozmyslam, ci tento citat mojho idola menom Ido Portal v tomto videu rozprava presne o mne.Informacie su toxicke a navykove a zenieme sa za nimi, no existuje bod zlomu, kedy nam vedomosti prestanu prospievat, zastavia nas, nedovolia nam dalej sa dalej rozvijat a tym padum uz dalej nemaju na nas zivot pozitivny vplyv.
Na papieroch mam poznacenych tolko zaujimavych knih, ktore by ma mohli zobrat daaaleko od takzvanych problemov. Mohol by som ist do magickych krajin plnych drakov a vil, kde je lietanie tak samozrejme ako pisanie.
Alebo by som sa mohol zrazu ocitnut na medziplanetarnom bojisku, kde pozemstania a martania spolocne bojuju proti invazii civilizacie zo susednej planetarnej sustavy. Same zaujmave veci...A napriek tomu tu sedim pri kave a citam of historii Bitcoinu, nadchadzajucej ere umelej inteligencie alebo autobiografiu vplyvnej osobnosti z minulosti.
I love fictional books, and I am a promoter of conspiracy theories.
I just think world's leaders are serving us half truths and straight out lies.
Read whatever You like and be yourself, keep up with the good posts ;)
I agree on the world leaders point...funny is, that they are not even the real leaders usually...
Je škoda se ochuzovat o beletrii, i kdyby to měla být pouze jedna kniha za měsíc. Já sama si čtení beletrie užívám. Je pravda, že mám období, když čtu téměř od rána do večera (myšleno beletrii) a pak na to na pár měsíců zapomenu, takže si od ní jako kdyby odpočinu.
Dříve jsem měla ráda romány pro ženy, teď mě baví spíše thrillery. Ale bez příběhů by to nebylo ono. Čtení o bitcoinu a vážných tématech je také zajímavé, ale člověk si potřebuje odpočinout a ocitnout se třeba v magické krajině plné draků.
no, len ja zvladam tak cca jednu knihu za mesiac...preto su musim vyberat a to sposobuje moju nerozhodnost..
Aha, tak to je potom dilema.... Hm, tak ono záleží, co tě baví. Jestli si čtení literatury faktu užíváš a beletrie ti nechybí, tak není důvod to měnit. Jestli jo, tak to třeba zkus střídat. Jeden měsíc literatura faktu, další měsíc beletrii. A pak uvidíš, jestli ti to něco bude dávat a bude ti to vůbec prospěšné... Jestli tě to bude bavit, nebo se do toho budeš nutit.
Kdybys byl v Hogwarts, urcite bys byl Ravenclaw :D
Nevim jak to maji postatni, ale ja jsem treba postizena tak, ze at ctu cokoliv, tak si o tom zacnu zjistovat dalsi informace a podrobnosti a jsem schopna nad tim travit opravdu dlouhou dobu. To jsem takhle ve trinacti letech zacala cist toho vyse zmineneho Pottera a dneska mi je tricet a doted ctu knihy a dalsi zalezitosti z historie a zkoumam co a jak tam vzniklo, co je ciste vymysl a co je cim inspirovano. Takhle to mam ze vsim a to do te miry, ze si nejsem jista zda pro me literatura neni az prilis vycerpavajici zalezitost :D
Nieeeeeeeee ja som chcel byt Gryffindor ://
Hahh, pekne, to ja mam zas opacne, ze vacsinou uz ku koncu knihy sa neviem dockat kym skonci, lebo som medzicasom nasiel nieco nove na co sa uz tesim...cize dost casto je koniec knihy pre mna "vykupenim", napriek tomu, ze ma ta kniha bavi :D
tak pockej, s timhle "pristupem" mozna preci jen Ravenclaw nebudes :D
začni ke čtení třeba malovat a nebo cvičit qigong ;) ono se to vyrovná
hmm qigong/taichi - neviem, isto by som do toho isiel ale asi viac z "duchovneho" hladiska, idealne pod vedenim nejakeho senseia....viem, ze sam v izbe by som po minute radsej zacal robit kliky, lebo by som mal pocit, ze to je blbost
Co sa tyka malovania, to mas uplnu pravdu...uz len ked si pisem poznamky po jiu jitsu treningu a robim nacrtky roznych pozicii, tak uplne citim ze to je pre mozog uuplne nieco ide vsetky ostatne veci co robim :) Ale zas, pravidelne malovavat...to by som mohol uz radsej citat druhu knihu (beletriu)
já jsem právě zmínil to dělání nebo spíš pohyb protože když je to kreativní pohyb tak to ještě více propojuje mozek jako pohyb štětcem nebo ten qigong... nebo třeba žonglování nebo takové věci... nebo hrát na nějaký nástroj
hmm to mas pravdu, z vlastnej skusenosti som si tiez vsimol, ze kreativny pohyb ma brutalny efekt na mozog...napr sprarring v bojovych umeniach, ked uz je clovek absolutne vysileny a mozog aj tak musi prijst s riesenim ako sa dostat zo zlej situacie...to su uplne ide podmienky nez za akych mozog bezne pracuje...a podla mna cim viac typov prostredi kde sa vie mozog orientovat tym lepsie...
No a k nastrojom...asi je fakt cas zaobstarat si konecne ustnu harmoniku :D tu som vzdy chcel
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I've thought about this as well. Recently i wrote a post were i described why as a society we have an unhealthy addiction to information. In that regard, i can see your point.
What i've tried to do, is eliminate the regurgitated content. For example, do i REALLY need to read 12 books to understand stoicism? No. I need one or two and then i should be able to produce novel thoughts on te subject and most importantly apply what i've learned.
Fiction is another thing. It's not about information, that are either good or bad. It's more subjective. Harry Potter? Mediocre for some, awesome for others. Reading fiction is like schrodinger's cat, you can't know if a book is good until you finish it (or reach the middle at least. I am looking at you Dark Tower).
Anyway, hope I helped. Cheers!
Hmm I felt your post was more about the declining quality of news in general rather than our addiction on info....but was interesting regardless!