Summary: This week’s Wisereads features an excerpt from Codie Sanchez’s new book, Main Street Millionaire, which offers a guide to achieving financial freedom through owning everyday businesses. Other highlights include Tom Whitwell’s annual list of fascinating facts and insights on the importance of deep reading in today’s digital age. The newsletter encourages readers to explore these resources to enhance their knowledge and understanding.
“As an antidote to the virtual obliteration of the self, Birkerts returns to literature, arguing that in the ‘slow and meditative possession of a book,’ what he calls ‘deep reading,’ we are able to ‘keep alive the dangerous and exhilarating idea that life is not sequence of lived moments, but a destiny.‘” (View Highlight)
“The rich buy time, the poor buy stuff, ambitious people buy skills, and lazy people buy distractions.” (View Highlight)
The little red book
Facebook
Matthew Parkhurst took it upon himself to preserve Facebook’s iconic little red book—a decade-old time capsule capturing the sweeping optimism and vision that accompanied the company’s massive growth. “Connection is the fundamental unit of society. And increasing the number of ways people can connect, and the number of people they can connect to, is a powerful tool for good. It blurs lines. It alters perspectives. It humanizes. Because when everyone is considered an ‘us,’ there’s a lot less of ‘us vs. them.‘” (View Highlight)