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Five Great Books: Rise of the Reader, The Science of Money, How To: $10M, and More!

16 min readAug 23, 2025

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As we head into the weekend, I just want to remind you that if you’re one of those people who still reads for pleasure…you’re a marvel.

I saw that post earlier about the inability of most people today to unplug from the chaos of entertainment culture and actively direct their own lives, and it immediately sent me down two different lines of thought.

First, I couldn’t help feeling just a little bit…lonelier. Like the world was losing something extraordinarily valuable: control over our own minds, and the ability to connect meaningfully with…well, anything. And that it’s in danger of being lost forever.

I still feel that way, to be honest. And it’s not a good feeling.

But somewhat selfishly, I also thought about how easy it is to compete against people now. And especially in online business.

The entrepreneurship space is still viciously competitive in many ways, but when the people going after your leads, prospects, and customers can’t even focus on a book for sixteen seconds, or work on a landing page for long enough to string a sentence together before retreating to the comfort of their cat videos, you know…

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Matt Karamazov
Matt Karamazov

Written by Matt Karamazov

Literacy Advocate 📖 Full-Time Book Influencer: Recommended Reading List (1,300+ Books) ⤵️ https://thereadinglife.beehiiv.com/c/readinglist