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00:00Hello everyone, to begin with, I will talk about the reason why we need to read books.
00:16Many people have asked questions during the discussion.
00:24Many students have asked if reading books is still as valuable as it was in the past.
00:34In the past, people were forced to read books to gain knowledge, to take exams, to become an official,
00:40and to learn certain skills.
00:43Books were the only means of communication.
00:47You had to read a book, for example, a textbook, to learn certain skills.
00:53You had to learn math, history, geography, etc.
00:59There was no other way.
01:01But now, everyone can see that the official market has a lot of other elements.
01:12The most obvious example is Google.
01:16Now, if you don't know anything, you don't need to read a book.
01:21You just need to surf the Internet, search for Google, and you will know the information you need.
01:28Plus, there are many other tools, such as iPad, Kindle, etc.
01:38They provide us with the necessary data to handle our work.
01:44To handle our work efficiently.
01:49So, reading books is no longer necessary.
01:53In the future, there may even be artificial intelligence.
01:57Artificial intelligence is entirely done by robots and computers.
02:02For example, we imagine that at some point in history, we will assign a robot to do the job.
02:09You can imagine that there is a robot that is very comfortable, and it is loaded with very complete documents.
02:16So, what do we do?
02:18First, we ask, what year was Nguyen Du born?
02:20Robot, what year was Nguyen Du born?
02:22The robot will answer right away.
02:24Because it has all the softwares installed for the robot.
02:28So, we can imagine that Huong Xuan Huong was the author of the poem,
02:36and the robot has all the softwares installed.
02:39It can answer this question right away.
02:41So, is reading books still necessary?
02:44In the past, people went to find the knowledge of books.
02:48Is it still necessary?
02:51I would like to follow my personal opinion.
02:54I think reading books is still necessary.
02:58No matter how advanced humanity is in finding knowledge,
03:04no matter how advanced we are on this path,
03:06reading books is still necessary.
03:08Because besides providing information,
03:12reading books also has other advantages that I would like to share with you from my personal point of view.
03:17First, reading books is not simply providing you with information about life,
03:24such as the information I just gave you.
03:27What year was Nguyen Du born?
03:29Is Huong Xuan Huong really the author of the poem, Banh Cho Nuoc or not?
03:33Is Huong Xuan Huong really a woman or a man?
03:36Is the poem of Phan Ngui Ic or Doan Thi Diem?
03:44According to Huong Xuan Huong, it is Phan Ngui Ic's poem.
03:49So, the value of reading books is still important
03:54when it comes to providing such information.
03:57But, besides providing such information,
04:03reading books also has other functions.
04:06One of those functions is connecting and receiving knowledge.
04:10Reading a book is not just reading to get information.
04:13Reading a book from beginning to end
04:15so that you can see the power of the author, the value of that power.
04:19Even if you think the power is wrong,
04:22you still have to learn something.
04:25Of course, the information on the Internet must provide you with correct information.
04:30But a book is not entirely correct.
04:32It may be wrong, but it is still interesting and attractive.
04:34A book has to say something.
04:36A book is very simple.
04:38A book has no system.
04:41It can be said to be wrong, but it is still interesting and attractive.
04:45For example, in the case of novels.
04:48For example, the novel Red Number by Vu Tuan Phu.
04:54Many Vietnamese people read this book
04:56and everyone thinks that this book does not provide any information.
05:00This book does not provide any information.
05:02If you read this book to know the history of Red Number,
05:05you will find that the author is very wrong.
05:08This book is an enjoyment of the humorous nature of this character.
05:14The humorous nature of this character and the dialogue.
05:17I don't think there are other characters like this.
05:20I don't think there are other characters like this.
05:22No one has a strange character like Red Number.
05:24But fortunately, it is successful like this.
05:26But fortunately, it is successful like this.
05:28The good thing about this book is not that it provides information.
05:31The good thing about Red Number is that it provides an interesting experience
05:35about a very special character that may never exist in real life.
05:39That is the character we have.
05:41So, in short, even a book that does not provide any kind of knowledge,
05:45such as literature or poetry,
05:47such as literature or poetry,
05:49even the poems.
05:51For example, let's go back to the poems.
05:54Poems do not provide any kind of knowledge.
05:57What do the music scores of the composer Trinh Phong Son provide?
06:01Nothing.
06:03We still need music scores.
06:06We need very strange poems.
06:08It does not provide any kind of knowledge.
06:10But we still like to read it.
06:12Because it provides a different kind of value.
06:14It is called aesthetic value.
06:16It brings us an aesthetic touch that ordinary information cannot bring.
06:22That is to say, our consciousness brings unity,
06:26brings unity.
06:27This is an experience.
06:29There may be an experience that brings education.
06:32That experience may bring aesthetics.
06:35But those experiences make our spirit and our spiritual life more abundant.
06:41It expands our consciousness more.
06:44For example, in the world of love,
06:48the important consciousness we need to know is the consciousness of the world.
06:53To understand the mechanism of the world,
06:57books such as natural science,
07:02books such as economics,
07:05books such as quantum mechanics,
07:08can help us understand the world we are living in.
07:11At least we know that we are living on Earth.
07:13It is a kind of journey.
07:14We are not lost in the past.
07:17We think we are in the center of the universe.
07:19We do not have such naive ideas.
07:21Thanks to scientific knowledge,
07:23scientific books,
07:24they introduce us.
07:26For example, the books of Prof. Trinh Xuan Thuan.
07:29I think they are very good books
07:31about natural science.
07:33I myself did not like it.
07:34When I was in middle school, I was very poor in natural science.
07:36But when I read the books of Prof. Trinh Xuan Thuan,
07:39I found that Prof. Thuan has a way of presenting
07:41the combination of science
07:43and the solid logic of natural science.
07:47It is very interesting.
07:49I started to like this field
07:52thanks to the books of Prof. Trinh Xuan Thuan.
07:55In general, it is about the world
07:57and the objects around us.
08:00It is also about the understanding of others.
08:03We live in a society,
08:04we need to understand others.
08:06We want others to feel how we feel.
08:09This is what we call cyber skills.
08:13We want to improve our communication skills.
08:17I'm sure you all have the experience
08:20that I used to have friends
08:22or I used to have very unlucky friends.
08:25Unlucky means insulting others.
08:27They joked about something,
08:28and they were very angry.
08:29They said,
08:30I shouldn't joke like that.
08:32They were very angry
08:33and had very negative reactions
08:35to my words.
08:36Sometimes I think
08:38that I don't know how to fix it.
08:40I don't know why my friends
08:42are so unlucky.
08:43Sometimes I feel angry.
08:44Some of my friends
08:46are very shy.
08:47When they open their mouths,
08:48people laugh at them.
08:49They are very funny.
08:50Why are there so many different people like that?
08:55A book that is very suitable
08:57for people like that
08:59is a book about self-learning
09:01and self-discipline.
09:02You can participate in science
09:04and improve your soft skills
09:05in life.
09:06In life,
09:07you need those skills
09:08because you can live
09:09and live with others.
09:10It's a very rare thing
09:11that doesn't need to be repeated.
09:13We live and exist
09:14in this society.
09:15We live and exist
09:16with others
09:17based on self-learning.
09:20In Vietnamese,
09:21we call it tha nhân.
09:22Tha nhân means others.
09:23We live with others.
09:24In order to live with others
09:25and to learn to love yourself,
09:27we need certain skills.
09:30It's not just
09:31what you think in your head.
09:35I don't think
09:36such advice is right.
09:40You should be honest.
09:41Tell your feelings.
09:43Tell the truth.
09:46This question
09:47is completely unrealistic.
09:49But thanks to reading books,
09:50I understand that
09:51we shouldn't talk too much.
09:52Some people tell me
09:53that instead of
09:54saying things
09:55that are sometimes wrong,
09:56we should say
09:57that you look ugly
09:58like a lizard.
09:59You look like an owl
10:00when you wear clothes.
10:01You shouldn't say those things.
10:03You should say
10:04that you look good
10:05even if it's not expensive.
10:09But you should have a way to say it.
10:11That's why other people
10:12love you more.
10:13You should say
10:14that you are honest.
10:15You are a straightforward person.
10:17You should say that
10:18and bear with it.
10:19Those are the words
10:20that help you
10:21improve your communication skills.
10:23I think we need books like that
10:24to guide us
10:25on communication skills,
10:26psychology,
10:27and what others like.
10:28Thanks to books,
10:29I know what people like.
10:32They like to be loved,
10:33respected,
10:34and so on.
10:35But we are doing
10:36the opposite of that.
10:37We are ruining their lives
10:38for the easy things.
10:39The important thing
10:40is to understand yourself.
10:41But when you want to
10:42improve yourself,
10:43you have to understand
10:44who you are
10:45and where your potential goes.
10:46Okay?
10:47With your appearance,
10:48if you say that
10:49you want to marry
10:50a farmer,
10:51a housewife,
10:52and be loyal to her,
10:53then it's totally reasonable.
10:54If you want to marry
10:55a Hollywood star,
10:56then I think
10:57you should marry
10:58a Hollywood star.
10:59If you want to marry
11:00a Hollywood star,
11:01then I think
11:02it's too far away.
11:03We shouldn't have
11:04such a faraway dream.
11:05But if you don't want
11:06to have such a faraway dream,
11:07then you have to understand
11:08yourself.
11:09When you love yourself,
11:10even if you love yourself
11:11a lot,
11:12you can't do it
11:13through books.
11:14Why is that?
11:15Your real experiences
11:16take a lot of time
11:17and you can get hurt
11:18and never recover
11:19from that injury.
11:20For example,
11:21what is love?
11:22Do you have to love
11:23hundreds of girls
11:24to gain experience?
11:25Do you have to love
11:26hundreds of girls
11:27to gain experience?
11:28Do you have to love
11:29hundreds of girls
11:30to gain experience?
11:31Do you have to love
11:32hundreds of girls
11:33to gain experience?
11:34Do you have to love
11:35hundreds of girls
11:36to gain experience?
11:37When you read a small book
11:38about love,
11:39you will know
11:40that love is a lot
11:41of work
11:42and many years
11:43of pain
11:44and suffering
11:45in the process
11:46in the process
11:47of love.
11:48You may not
11:49know
11:50the meaning
11:51of that book.
11:52There was
11:53an author
11:54who wrote
11:55a very interesting
11:56book
11:57about love.
11:58What is love?
11:59If you're a kid, you'll understand what I'm talking about.
12:02You may experience it for a long time, not everyone.
12:05There are other examples.
12:07For example, the world of crime.
12:10It's a very interesting world.
12:12A very scary world.
12:13It's dark.
12:14It's murderous.
12:16If you read a book about crime, about the journey of crime,
12:19you can analyze a case in it.
12:22If it's a detective book, it's a detective book.
12:24It's a case, you'll think it's great.
12:26It's great because you can learn things you've never known in your life.
12:29What does the mind of the criminal think?
12:31For example, you read a book about crime.
12:34The movie was made by Bui Cuong.
12:36You read that book.
12:37You read that movie.
12:38It's so good.
12:39It's great because it shows the mind of the criminals.
12:42I can't imagine the cruelty of those guys.
12:45But if you meet those guys,
12:48you're doomed.
12:49You don't have a chance to learn anything.
12:51You go to the world, it takes you to the other world.
12:54Okay?
12:55It shows you things you've never known in your life.
13:24It's murderous.