# Why Thinking Matters More Than Reading - Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2118327475247681749 - Source account: [@TBzoomer](https://x.com/TBzoomer) - Source language: English - Duration: 2:30 - Published: 2026-11-06 - Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b4SGStepeHNH/en/why-thinking-matters-more-than-reading ## Transcript [0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b4SGStepeHNH/en/why-thinking-matters-more-than-reading) How many books do you read at a time? Are they actual books or electronic? [0:01](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b4SGStepeHNH/en/why-thinking-matters-more-than-reading?t=1) Do you read in the bathroom? Do you read fiction? [0:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b4SGStepeHNH/en/why-thinking-matters-more-than-reading?t=7) Reading is overrated, I'll tell you that much. [0:10](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b4SGStepeHNH/en/why-thinking-matters-more-than-reading?t=10) Reading is highly over... Everyone should read. [0:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b4SGStepeHNH/en/why-thinking-matters-more-than-reading?t=12) People are always fixated on my reading habits. "What do you read? [0:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b4SGStepeHNH/en/why-thinking-matters-more-than-reading?t=15) How do you get that smart?" Reading is overrated. [0:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b4SGStepeHNH/en/why-thinking-matters-more-than-reading?t=18) You don't-- It's not about filling your head with, uh, information and ideas. [0:22](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b4SGStepeHNH/en/why-thinking-matters-more-than-reading?t=22) You need some of it, but what you really need to do is think, okay? [0:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b4SGStepeHNH/en/why-thinking-matters-more-than-reading?t=27) What you really need to do is think. You need to sit and think. [0:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b4SGStepeHNH/en/why-thinking-matters-more-than-reading?t=30) You need to walk and think. You need to drive and think, eat and think. [0:34](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b4SGStepeHNH/en/why-thinking-matters-more-than-reading?t=34) You need to be thinking. Most people are unthinking. [0:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b4SGStepeHNH/en/why-thinking-matters-more-than-reading?t=37) Unthinking, uncritical, unexamined, and they go through their life, uh, I don't even know, I don't even know what people's state of mind is. [0:46](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b4SGStepeHNH/en/why-thinking-matters-more-than-reading?t=46) It's almost like they're just not even there. [0:49](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b4SGStepeHNH/en/why-thinking-matters-more-than-reading?t=49) They're not, they're not chewing on it. They're not working through things, you know? [0:53](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b4SGStepeHNH/en/why-thinking-matters-more-than-reading?t=53) Me, I, I'm always thinking about something and, and occasionally I have a moment where I go, "Aha. [0:59](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b4SGStepeHNH/en/why-thinking-matters-more-than-reading?t=59) Mm, there it is." You know? And you can't, you can't force it. [1:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b4SGStepeHNH/en/why-thinking-matters-more-than-reading?t=64) But it's, it's important to be able to think systematically. [1:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b4SGStepeHNH/en/why-thinking-matters-more-than-reading?t=66) It's important to be able to kind of just, um, ponder. [1:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b4SGStepeHNH/en/why-thinking-matters-more-than-reading?t=71) And people are always caught up on reading, and that's so wrong. [1:13](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b4SGStepeHNH/en/why-thinking-matters-more-than-reading?t=73) "What do you read? Where are you getting this from?" [1:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b4SGStepeHNH/en/why-thinking-matters-more-than-reading?t=77) It's, it's coming from here. It's coming from here. I, I look out at the world. [1:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b4SGStepeHNH/en/why-thinking-matters-more-than-reading?t=81) I observe things. I talk to people. I think deeply about our interactions. [1:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b4SGStepeHNH/en/why-thinking-matters-more-than-reading?t=86) I, I compare and contrast. [1:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b4SGStepeHNH/en/why-thinking-matters-more-than-reading?t=90) So, you know, people, people look at me like I'm some-- like I'm, you know, I'm reading three books at one time, and I just never put the books down. [1:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b4SGStepeHNH/en/why-thinking-matters-more-than-reading?t=97) I, I don't think I... I read probably more than your average person. [1:40](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b4SGStepeHNH/en/why-thinking-matters-more-than-reading?t=100) I read the news every day, and I'm on Twitter all the time, and I talk to interesting people. [1:45](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b4SGStepeHNH/en/why-thinking-matters-more-than-reading?t=105) Um, but that's how you get information. I talk to people. [1:48](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b4SGStepeHNH/en/why-thinking-matters-more-than-reading?t=108) I talk to interesting people. I go on social media. [1:51](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b4SGStepeHNH/en/why-thinking-matters-more-than-reading?t=111) I read the news, and I think. And that's it. [1:57](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b4SGStepeHNH/en/why-thinking-matters-more-than-reading?t=117) It's important to read b- you should read a book every day. [1:58](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b4SGStepeHNH/en/why-thinking-matters-more-than-reading?t=118) I mean, not like a whole book, but you should pick up a book at least, you know, half hour, an hour a day. [2:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b4SGStepeHNH/en/why-thinking-matters-more-than-reading?t=124) You should be subscribed to one of the papers of record, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Times. [2:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b4SGStepeHNH/en/why-thinking-matters-more-than-reading?t=128) You should read, you should read the news every day. [2:09](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b4SGStepeHNH/en/why-thinking-matters-more-than-reading?t=129) You should read a book every day, you know? But don't, you don't need to go crazy. [2:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b4SGStepeHNH/en/why-thinking-matters-more-than-reading?t=132) Most people just aren't that smart. How many books do I read at a time? [2:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b4SGStepeHNH/en/why-thinking-matters-more-than-reading?t=135) I mean, here's what I do lately is I pick up a book, I read about 50 pages, and then I put it down, and I never pick it up again. [2:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b4SGStepeHNH/en/why-thinking-matters-more-than-reading?t=140) Then I pick up another book, I read 50, 100 pages, put it down, never pick it up again. [2:25](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b4SGStepeHNH/en/why-thinking-matters-more-than-reading?t=145) And I do it with PDFs and regular books. [2:28](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b4SGStepeHNH/en/why-thinking-matters-more-than-reading?t=148) And I don't read fiction