The whole point of reading is not to theorize and sit in the abstract mentally masturbating so you can call yourself a scholar. Society and books are built on references. The point is to see the relation between everything through comprehension. Information and insight allow you to perceive things on a subliminal level and react before your active consciousness realizes it. You nikkas love 48 Laws of Power, just read the Art of War. Theres a reason why spies are important: INFORMATION.
You're at a tech conference and the AI bro is talking about Dyson Spheres wrong, but you know what it actually is, your intuition and instinct will tell you "NOT GOOD" when everyone starts clapping when he lies.
Your intuition is USELESS if that intuition isn't built on references you absorb through information and tried and tested experience. You have to marry BOTH. We let the willfully ignorant nikkas run the community post-crack, it didnt work. It's time to read again. A 6th grade reading level is USELESS if you do not have a trade/vocation/skill.
You dont need to be a smarmy scholar, you should be intaking information constantly because it gives you a leverage point. In the kingdom of the blind the one-eyed man is king.
You being able to spot something no one else can gives you an opportunity. Musashi said to 'perceive the invisible'. Again, motherfukkers in this country read at a 6th grade level and their reality reflects that. shyt, OUR shared reality reflects that.
Go watch the Boondocks kickball episode again nikkas.