Carl Sagan on Reading a Book a Week: The Trick Is...

From the PBS series Cosmos (1980), in which Dr. Carl Sagan examined everything from human language to what life might look like on other worlds, all aboard his “ship of the imagination.”

1 book a week. 52 books a year. With all that new knowledge—all those new perspectives, all those new worlds to be explored on the ship of the imagination—who could you become a year from now? A decade from now? (If you choose the right books, that is.)

Music credit:
Inspired by Kevin MacLeod

[mayankhey]

Im gonna show this to my gf next time she yells “Why taking so long to choose what to watch on Netflix?”

[drts]

This is so depressing... It hurts me inside to think all the books I'll miss out on.

[pauly]

We really need a man like him now in popular media, instead of reality stars.

[cybersafe]

This advice can be used for many points in life.

[cathrynmartin]

Carl Sagan was such an intelligent and personable guy. I miss his wisdom...

[WhoCares]

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[nissanGold]

Now imagine him standing in front of the internet and saying "if I were to read a website a week for my entire adult life I wouldnt have put a dent in it. The internet is vast so its important to read the relavant stuff".

[pulsarmessier]

Wish there were more people in the world like this man. The day he died the world really lost someone special.

[VERSACE.X]

ppl need to take advantage of all the free knowledge out there

[mattsupertramp]

"Here in my garage, just bought this new Lamborghini here"

[oshoprior]

I don't like this. I don't like this at all. I'm gonna read all the books and no spaceboy is gonna tell me otherwise.

[Shirokroete]

A book a week....
I have read one In 23 years.

But hey, it was from Carl Sagan!

[davidbailey]

Isaac Asimov on Sagan's The Dragons of Eden! "never have I read anything on the subject of human intelligence as fascinating"

[HoraceInkling]

Carl: “They’re all here.”
Snarky editor: cuts to a half-empty shelf.

[WasBlind_NowISee]

I would reccomend “a mans search for meaning” and “the Noticer” for more begginers in life. But Viktor Frankls book is a must for all of humanity to read. Theres a reason why its on Americas top 10 list of books,

[yuribezmenov]

I love the word "book". It's such a great word.

[SoyGacho]

If you read children’s books, you’ll have over a million in an entire adult lifespan!

[JE-eecd]

This advice can be used for everything in life. Life is about making priorities.

[cathawk]

What makes me sad isn't that I'll die some day, but that I won't be able to read all the books in the world.

[rhyswong]

This is exactly the video content I would expect from Carl Sagan's YouTube channel.