Way back in January 2015 (which was 2 years ago), Mark Zuckerberg issued this challenge to himself - to read a book every other week (https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10101828640656261).
And so his post garnered much likes and fanfare from Facebook users around the world, with many vowing to follow his lead and start reading one book fortnightly or even weekly.
Why then, you may ask, would I disagree with it and think it's pointless to set such a challenge?
While reading is a good and relatively inexpensive (some may argue books arent cheap!) hobby, most people do not take time to think over what they read.
In essence, reading without understanding is actually detrimental to knowledge cultivation. This is akin to following an idea on a whim and taking it at face value. Either that or the motive is simply to add to the book count and post it as a shameless and perfectly pointless achievement on Facebook.
Reading is just a knowledge acquisition tool and a means to crafting a thinker out of a person. If a person does not understand what he reads, then the time could have been better spent doing something much more productive like sharing dumb news over social media.
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