Catching up on reading for the book club is today's task. It is Sunday. I had a bunch of things planned but all of that didn't end up getting done. Just didn't get done day. There is the book club I need to attend but commitments and places I need to be late at night, at least today, make that impossible. Between now and tomorrow, the current plan is to finish uploading daily sentences and meet the RBC writing quota. I have had Range for a while now. Buying ‘The Death of Expertise’ by Tom Nichols lead me to Epstein. Nichols, I felt only states how experts have died as his position and doesn't have much to offer for futures. Epstein has good reviews. The book is very much what people want to read about or hear is true. We are looking at Synoptic Reading in the club. Comparative Reading. I didn't quite understand it when Mike was discussing it but these sessions I will probably get to it. All of what I missed. Doing daily exercises is a chore if they aren't finished on the designated day. Days accumulates. I haven't got to the Newport book yet but I am interested in reading between Epstein and Nichols. To read Epstein is better than Nichols. Part of the appeal of the book is, the stories are very well told. It has got that period Hollywood movie tone to it. It is entertaining. To consider it successful, firstly it has to sell and in large numbers. This is something I picked up from the Rob Q&A in the RBC6 WUB with Kahlil. Telling good stories is a way to do it. Do specialists get better with experience or not? is more interesting as a question than the answer to it I think. A background check on Epstein shows that he has predominantly only been a writer and even trained in journalism. That makes me question the thesis but we will get back to this conversation again soon. Probably even Information Literacy as a construct.
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