Humbling article about the importance of reading. I am a huge fan of technology, but anyone who is paying attention and committed to continual learning, cannot help but feel overwhelmed.

Tom Peters, a legendary management guru and voracious book reader, had this observation:

“I like to think I’m a half step ahead of the pack. But about three years ago, with all the crap that’s going on, particularly with technology, I realized that I was 25 steps behind. Since then I’ve probably read 200 books on this [technology-related] stuff that’s going on around us. I could give you 50 good ones — including Rise of the Robots [by Martin Ford] and Automate This [by Christopher Steiner] and, especially, The Second Machine Age, by Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson.”

http://www.strategy-business.com/article/Tom-Peters-Wants-You-to-Read