How to Remember What You Read
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#2The 3rd 'truth about reading' in this article states that:
"Book summary services miss the point." "By the way, the book summaries we write for Farnam Street members are definitely not in the same class as the standard fare."
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#3I think a lot of this is true not only for books, but also for articles.
I've started trying to be more selective with the online content I choose to spend my time on, and then conserve takeaways from the articles I read (like this one).
Of course sometimes you just want entertainment, in which case this isn't worthwile.
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#4The 3rd 'truth about reading' in this article states that: "Book summary services miss the point." Then a couple of lines below, we are given this disclaimer: "By the way, the book summaries we write for Farnam Street members are definitely not in the same class as the standard fare." As the old saying goes, 'people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones'!
They say about their own summaries: "And we still don’t pretend they’re as valuable as reading the book!"
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#5I've had some success using the Kindle app highlight feature - highlighting key points as I go along, and then later reviewing just my highlights (which can also be exported). You can add notes to the highlights too.
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#6> Consuming information is not the same as acquiring knowledge
Yes but this:
> Getting the rough gist and absorbing the lessons are two different things.
I only partially agree with. I organize my knowledge using zk, and go through a) writing notes as I read then b) digesting them into ideas. Most books I read cover to cover prior to doing that, I remember only the gist of ; while books I occasionally speed read doing that, I remember in more details.
My point is: it's not just about "going on a trip" with the author, but appropriating yourself their ideas.
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#7I've had some success using the Kindle app highlight feature - highlighting key points as I go along, and then later reviewing just my highlights (which can also be exported). You can add notes to the highlights too.
Would be great if it worked for books sent to the device not bought through the Amazon kindle store
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#8I've had some success using the Kindle app highlight feature - highlighting key points as I go along, and then later reviewing just my highlights (which can also be exported). You can add notes to the highlights too.
Readwise (readwise.io) can make that automatic
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#9I've had some success using the Kindle app highlight feature - highlighting key points as I go along, and then later reviewing just my highlights (which can also be exported). You can add notes to the highlights too.
I do this too using my remarkable (reader tablet )and then scripts that export highlights / notes which I then index for as plaintext - it makes this process much more seamless.
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#10> Consuming information is not the same as acquiring knowledge Yes but this: > Getting the rough gist and absorbing the lessons are two different things. I only partially agree with. I organize my knowledge using zk, and go through a) writing notes as I read then b) digesting them into ideas. Most books I read cover to cover prior to doing that, I remember only the gist of ; while books I occasionally speed read doin…
> Yes but this:
The next sentence was: “No idea could be further from the truth.” (I know, this is how we read today.)