I'd estimate I still read 25-30 books a years...possibly a few more...but the nature of my reading is different than it was 20 or 30 years ago. I can remember long winter nights working my way through The Pickwick Papers and a Hawaii vacation during which I read Don Quixote (though Hawaii is a wonderful place, I have no interest in sunbathing, snorkeling, or surfing). Now I tend to read a few chapters here, a few chapters there when I'm not keeping up with my Substack subscriptions. I still LOVE reading books, but there's less time (or at least, fewer extended periods of free time), and I've adjusted accordingly.
I'd estimate I still read 25-30 books a years...possibly a few more...but the nature of my reading is different than it was 20 or 30 years ago. I can remember long winter nights working my way through The Pickwick Papers and a Hawaii vacation during which I read Don Quixote (though Hawaii is a wonderful place, I have no interest in sunbathing, snorkeling, or surfing). Now I tend to read a few chapters here, a few chapters there when I'm not keeping up with my Substack subscriptions. I still LOVE reading books, but there's less time (or at least, fewer extended periods of free time), and I've adjusted accordingly.
Thanks for including my write-up, Anton. Great to see your contextualization + additional thoughts on the relationship between humans and machines.