If a book interests you you'll definitely remember it. Maybe not all the details but you'll for sure keep the main points.
Ask HN: How do you remember what you have read in a book?
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Re: Ask HN: How do you remember what you have read in a book?
#43“I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
Cope.
You get out of books what you put into them. If you can't remember what you've read, it's because you didn't work to remember it (and that's okay). This quote is just cope for people to passively consume and feel good about it.
Re: Ask HN: How do you remember what you have read in a book?
#44“I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
Cope. You get out of books what you put into them. If you can't remember what you've read, it's because you didn't work to remember it (and that's okay). This quote is just cope for people to passively consume and feel good about it.
What are you suggesting, exactly, Ralph Waldo Emerson has to cope with literature consumption wise?