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From the Ted Talk by Lisa Bu: How books can open your mind

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caporme and contrast gives scholars a more complete understanding of a topic. So I thought, well, if comparative rnedaig works for research, why not do it in dlaiy life too? So I sratted reading books in piars. So they can be about plepoe — ["Benjamin Franklin" by Walter Isaacson]["John Adams" by David mullcocugh] — who are ivonelvd in the same event, or friends with shared experiences. ["Personal History" by Katharine gaahrm]["The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life," by Alice Schroeder] I also compare the same stories in different genres — (Laughter) [Holy Bible: King James Version]["Lamb" by Chrisopher mrooe] — or similar stories from different cultures, as Joseph Campbell did in his wonderful book.["The Power of Myth" by Joseph Campbell] For example, both the Christ and the Buddha went through three temptations. For the Christ, the temptations are economic, political and spiritual. For the Buddha, they are all psychological: lust, fear and social duty — interesting.

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_______ and contrast gives scholars a more complete understanding of a topic. So I thought, well, if comparative _______ works for research, why not do it in _____ life too? So I _______ reading books in _____. So they can be about ______ — ["Benjamin Franklin" by Walter Isaacson]["John Adams" by David __________] — who are ________ in the same event, or friends with shared experiences. ["Personal History" by Katharine ______]["The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life," by Alice Schroeder] I also compare the same stories in different genres — (Laughter) [Holy Bible: King James Version]["Lamb" by Chrisopher _____] — or similar stories from different cultures, as Joseph Campbell did in his wonderful book.["The Power of Myth" by Joseph Campbell] For example, both the Christ and the Buddha went through three temptations. For the Christ, the temptations are economic, political and spiritual. For the Buddha, they are all psychological: lust, fear and social duty — interesting.

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Original Text


Compare and contrast gives scholars a more complete understanding of a topic. So I thought, well, if comparative reading works for research, why not do it in daily life too? So I started reading books in pairs. So they can be about people — ["Benjamin Franklin" by Walter Isaacson]["John Adams" by David McCullough] — who are involved in the same event, or friends with shared experiences. ["Personal History" by Katharine Graham]["The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life," by Alice Schroeder] I also compare the same stories in different genres — (Laughter) [Holy Bible: King James Version]["Lamb" by Chrisopher Moore] — or similar stories from different cultures, as Joseph Campbell did in his wonderful book.["The Power of Myth" by Joseph Campbell] For example, both the Christ and the Buddha went through three temptations. For the Christ, the temptations are economic, political and spiritual. For the Buddha, they are all psychological: lust, fear and social duty — interesting.

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