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If ever there was an author who did one or two good things early on and has been coasting oon reputation ever since... What the man needs is a damn editor.
I really enjoyed Seveneves.
Great fiction for bedtime and leisure.
A nonfiction book I expect to invest significant time with to learn something.
And an audiobook nonfiction or fiction book that is engaging but fits into my brain while commuting.
I think it helps to switch between the different types.
There are books that are challenging and will require considerate amount of work, or sludging through, and in the end it has been a rewarding experience. More so, than a book you just sit down and read front to back.
Yet, there is not always gold at the end of the rainbow.
A well known piece of literature can give a bit of an indicator on if it is worth it or not.
Random literature self published Kindle not so much, yet a couple of self published fiction on Kindle have been difficult but in the end rewarding.
it is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you will get.
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I'm an incorrigible book non-completist. I only read to get what I need and I duck out. Now with ChatGPT-4, I can read and comprehend even faster. For dense books in areas I'm unfamiliar with, I ask ChatGPT to, not summarize, but to break things down for me. For me, it's the new efficient way for doing syntopical reading (Mortimer Adler's technique for reading deeply). https://www.masterclass.com/articles/how-to-get-…
what do your prompts look like?
These kinds of questions (usually more factual rather than about motives etc) can help me connect what I'm reading to other things I've read in a way that I would otherwise need additional books/encyclopedia entries/etc to help cover
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I'm an incorrigible book non-completist. I only read to get what I need and I duck out. Now with ChatGPT-4, I can read and comprehend even faster. For dense books in areas I'm unfamiliar with, I ask ChatGPT to, not summarize, but to break things down for me. For me, it's the new efficient way for doing syntopical reading (Mortimer Adler's technique for reading deeply). https://www.masterclass.com/articles/how-to-get-…
Wikipedia already summarizes books in two sentences. The point of reading is to experience, absorb, etc.
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I'm an incorrigible book non-completist. I only read to get what I need and I duck out. Now with ChatGPT-4, I can read and comprehend even faster. For dense books in areas I'm unfamiliar with, I ask ChatGPT to, not summarize, but to break things down for me. For me, it's the new efficient way for doing syntopical reading (Mortimer Adler's technique for reading deeply). https://www.masterclass.com/articles/how-to-get-…
Trying this with books I was familiar with yielded extremely disappointing and off-base results.
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Fair. Easily the best of the second tier.
(along with Anathem, although that's another one that could have used a bit of editing).
> If you’re finishing every book you start you’re doing something wrong: you’re probably finishing books not worth your time This is how you'll have time to read a lot of interesting books: by not finishing all books you started. If you read half of a book and it still didn't gave you good feelings, the last half probably won't. Save your time.
This may be good advice if you read only to give yourself pleasure, but it isn't very conductive to becoming well-read.