## Metadata - Author: [[asteriskmag.com]] - Full Title:: Book Smarts - Category:: #🗞️Articles - URL:: https://asteriskmag.com/issues/12-books/book-smarts - Read date:: [[2025-11-01]] ## Highlights > On a first date, are you asking about their favorite book, or favorite influencer? When we make contact with the aliens, are you giving them Substack, or *Middlemarch?* ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01k8z3m0w3ygvq47cmke93vm9n))