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Just say no (to content): Nietzsche’s surprising “information diet”
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 3175" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><h3><a href="https://arstechnica.com/staff/2022/05/just-say-no-to-content-nietzsches-surprising-information-diet/" target="_blank">Just say no (to content): Nietzsche’s surprising “information diet” - ars Technica</a></h3><p>No one ever accused Nietzsche of modesty. The man was convinced of his own world-shaking destiny, which must have been tough to sustain when only a few hundred people were reading his books. Still, Nietzsche offered his then-nonexistent readership tips for properly absorbing his works—especially his more “aphoristic” books. Nietzsche describes his ideal reader in the preface to <em>Daybreak</em>:</p><p></p><p></p><p>Anyone who has tried to read <em>Daybreak </em>straight through, as though it were a novel, will run headlong into Nietzsche’s “malicious taste.” The goal was to craft a form that embodies the qualities encouraged by the content: pithy nuggets demanding careful thought, mental experimentation, and wide-ranging curiosity about morality and psychology. By <em>forcing </em>his readers to proceed slowly if they want to make sense of the book, Nietzsche puts a preemptive stop to bingeing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 3175, member: 1"] [HEADING=2][URL='https://arstechnica.com/staff/2022/05/just-say-no-to-content-nietzsches-surprising-information-diet/']Just say no (to content): Nietzsche’s surprising “information diet” - ars Technica[/URL][/HEADING] No one ever accused Nietzsche of modesty. The man was convinced of his own world-shaking destiny, which must have been tough to sustain when only a few hundred people were reading his books. Still, Nietzsche offered his then-nonexistent readership tips for properly absorbing his works—especially his more “aphoristic” books. Nietzsche describes his ideal reader in the preface to [I]Daybreak[/I]: Anyone who has tried to read [I]Daybreak [/I]straight through, as though it were a novel, will run headlong into Nietzsche’s “malicious taste.” The goal was to craft a form that embodies the qualities encouraged by the content: pithy nuggets demanding careful thought, mental experimentation, and wide-ranging curiosity about morality and psychology. By [I]forcing [/I]his readers to proceed slowly if they want to make sense of the book, Nietzsche puts a preemptive stop to bingeing. [/QUOTE]
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