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stared on May 4, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Data Science Handbook

This sounds naive. Most books have opportunity cost much higher than their added value.

ThomPete on May 4, 2015 [–]

What are you basing that on?

stared on May 4, 2015 | [–]

My personal experience. Plus, I quit reading most of books I ever bought, not considering it worth my time (comparing to other activities, or - other books).

ThomPete on May 4, 2015 | | [–]

And you don't think I have that experience?

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