First of all, I want to bless Uncle Wu, a migrant worker in Hubei. With the help of the local government, Uncle Wu will stay in Dongguan and engage in greening and conservation work in a local community. I like Dongguan Municipal Government and Uncle Wu!
Uncle Wu's message from Dongguan Library touched countless netizens. Everyone praised and call Uncle Wu, who loves reading. At the same time, I also heard different voices.
A big network V questioned: Uncle Message has been studying in the library for so many years, why hasn't he made progress? The implication is that Uncle Wu has read so many books and is still an ordinary worker. What's the use?
According to the logic of this big V, if there is no achievement in reading, it is a waste of time? So should our reading be utilitarian?
Pro: Reading without utility is a waste of life.
Reading is to enlighten wisdom, broaden horizons, absorb nutrition and help success. Successful people like reading and sharing their own books.
For example, Warren Buffett's partner Munger said, "All the smart people I have come into contact with don't like reading." The implication is that if you want to be smart enough, you must keep reading. Isn't it a strong utilitarianism to make yourself smart?
And Bill Gates, who shares his book list with netizens every year. His fans will buy corresponding books to read. They are all eager to learn high-quality nutrition from the books recommended by Gates. Isn't this also utilitarian?
Besides, we have been studying since childhood in order to find a good job and a well-paid job in the future. Every student is utilitarian.
If it takes 20 years to study, if it is useless, isn't it a waste of 20 years' life?
So reading must be utilitarian. Only utilitarianism can have purpose and pertinence. This kind of reading is efficient and rewarding. Especially in today's rapid development of the times, only by constantly studying and learning with a purpose can we keep up with the pace of the times.
Everyone's energy and time are limited, and there is no way to choose targeted reading. Some entrepreneurs have discovered business opportunities and developed related reading business models.
For example, reading club is a business model to help you learn. The purpose is to choose books and spend less time picking out the essence of a book and sharing it with subscribers. This is the best proof of the utility of reading.
If you are worried about not having time to study, it is a good choice to ask someone to help you with your study.
These are all utilitarian choices.
Counterparty: I study because I like it.
Uncle Dongguan Library left a message. In the past, his greatest pleasure besides going to work was to soak in the library. He found a new pleasure in ordinary life, that is reading.
Through reading, he not only harvested the nutrients of knowledge, but also harvested the fun of plain life. He doesn't want to change his work and life by reading. Reading helped him find the joy of enjoying a dull life.
Elite white-collar workers in many big cities are nervous and running at high speed, and they are overwhelmed by mortgage, car loan and marriage loan. Fighting spirit during the day, tears at night. Their happiness is far less than that of Uncle Wu. It is precisely because of low happiness that we treat people and things around us more utilitarian, including reading.
On the contrary, countless ordinary factory workers like reading novels in their spare time, especially fantasy novels and fairy tales. Now, with the help of technological equipment, they can also choose to listen to novels.
In this way, reading is more interesting.
For them, reading is a pastime, and reading is a way to relax. The purpose is to relieve the fatigue of work and the pressure of life.
They read books because they find pleasure in reading.