So I've been reading "The Know-It-All" which is about the author's determining to fill in the gaps in his education by reading the entirety of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Finished it up last night. It's part memoir, part collection of amusing factoids, part meditation on the entwined nature of knowledge, intelligence, and wisdom.
The other night, I realized that I was sitting around and reading a book about someone who was sitting around and reading the encyclopedia.
Even for me, this is an odd pastime. I am a meta-loser.
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