And if you take Warren Buffett and watched him with a time clock, I would say half of all the time he spends is sitting on his ass and reading. And a big chunk of the rest of the time is spent talking one on one either on the telephone or personally with highly gifted people whom he trusts and who trust him. In other words, it looks quite academic, all this worldly success.

"I think the best movies are made for one of two reasons: either to make a lot of money or because the filmmaker has something to say."

——辛格1978年诺贝尔文学奖获奖演说

"The act of reading is an act of empathy, of seeing the world through someone else's eyes."

Thought is a biological function with survival value.