{"id":861,"date":"2008-10-30T10:00:41","date_gmt":"2008-10-30T17:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/30\/is-reading-making-you-stupid\/"},"modified":"2019-11-15T02:40:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T10:40:09","slug":"is-reading-making-you-stupid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/30\/is-reading-making-you-stupid\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Reading Making You Stupid?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/striatic\/2192192956\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/doh.png\" alt=\"D\u2019oh!\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Guy Kawasaki has an interesting formula to value a start-up: \u201cFor every full-time engineer, add $500 000.&nbsp; For every full-time MBA, subtract $250 000.\u201d The statement raises an interesting point, do the highly analytical skills offered through an MBA actually hinder the creative process needed for entrepreneurship?<\/p>\n<p>And an even broader question: does reading about something make you worse at actually doing it?<\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t say how having an MBA impacts your entrepreneurial ability.&nbsp; I believe it would depend more on your goals and personality than your education.&nbsp; But I think the broader question is worth a good look.&nbsp; Analysis and action are two completely different things, and I think there are circumstances where learning too much can actually hurt you.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From Boxless Thinking to Doctrine<\/h2>\n<div class=\"inline-podcast\">\n<small>Listen to this article<\/small><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"20\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/711001360&#038;color=%23219895&#038;inverse=false&#038;auto_play=false&#038;show_user=true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>When you have few opinions about a subject, you also don\u2019t have any wrong opinions.&nbsp; The fresh perspective of a beginner does have an advantage: it doesn\u2019t come with the baggage of bad advice.<\/p>\n<p>Rob Warren, a professor I have for an entrepreneurship class, made an off-hand comment that our studying probably hinders our ability to be great entrepreneurs.&nbsp; \u201cYou come in here with an open perspective, and we push you into a narrower set of thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some areas of life, theoretical knowledge is extremely useful.&nbsp; I\u2019d rather trust an electrical engineer\u2019s description of how a circuit board works than my own assumptions based on using electricity.&nbsp; These tend to be areas of life that are highly general, and where obtaining a large enough set of experiences is difficult.&nbsp; Science usually fits both of these criteria.<\/p>\n<p>But there are some areas where experience trumps theories.&nbsp; I\u2019d rather listen to my own experiences running a business, than an MBA student who has never worked in my industry.&nbsp; This is because what works for me might not work for you, randomness is everywhere and ideas are often too complicated to put into a big theory.<\/p>\n<p>In the latter case, spending a lot of time learning theories, without practical experience can be deadly.&nbsp; Why?&nbsp; Because for every nine or ten correct ideas you learn, you pick up one or two false ones.&nbsp; They may not be false for everyone, but in your case they are dead wrong.<\/p>\n<p>At first glance, this may not seem like a problem.&nbsp; One error for every several pieces of good advice isn\u2019t that bad.&nbsp; However, any programmer will tell you that if you introduce one bug for every 10 lines of code, you shouldn\u2019t be allowed near a computer.&nbsp; It\u2019s far harder to unlearn a wrong idea than it is to learn one.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>One Book per One Hundred Hours of Practice<\/h2>\n<p>I think there is a way you can prevent this: always have your experience match your reading.&nbsp; That is,&nbsp; you should have roughly one hundred hours of real experience for every book you read on the topic.<\/p>\n<p>This is a completely made-up rule, but I think the numbers are in the right ballpark.<\/p>\n<p>Keeping theory balanced with experience keeps you from introducing buggy ideas into your brain.&nbsp; I do enough writing that when I see a bad idea about writing style, I can safely ignore it.&nbsp; Even if I didn\u2019t ignore it, the idea would quickly reveal flaws when I started practicing it in my writing.&nbsp; I\u2019m far from the best writer, but I do get a lot of practice.<\/p>\n<p>What does this rule apply to?&nbsp; Anything that fits the second category of skill I mentioned earlier: where experience trumps theory.&nbsp; The more specific, subjective, random and complex the topic, the less useful theories are.&nbsp; Here are a few that would make my list:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Writing<\/li>\n<li>Entrepreneurship<\/li>\n<li>Design<\/li>\n<li>Music<\/li>\n<li>Dating<\/li>\n<li>Self-Improvement<\/li>\n<li>Leadership<\/li>\n<li>Productivity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are also even more areas that fall in the gray zone between science and intuition.&nbsp; Exercising has some simple and highly general rules that should be followed.&nbsp; However, building the discipline to exercise regularly and enjoy it is highly specific and needs experience.&nbsp; Most of life is a bit of both.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Should You Read Less?<\/h2>\n<p>Unless you spend 15 hours of your day locked in your room reading, I\u2019d say the answer is <strong>no<\/strong>.&nbsp; 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