- May 2024
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docdrop.org docdrop.org
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Or, you may say that this business of marking books is going to slow up your reading. It probably will. That's one of the reasons for doing it. Most of us have been taken in by the notion that speed of reading is a measure of our intelligence. There is no such thing as the right speed for intelligent read-ing. Some things should be read quick-ly and effortlessly, and some should be read slowly and even laboriously. The sign of intelligence in reading is the ability to read different things dif-ferently according to their worth.
As Luhmann would say, it is foolish to think that things are black and white; in most scenarios there is nuance... So too is it with reading speed, it must be relative or else it is not accurate. Even speed within books can differ.
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- Sep 2023
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delong.typepad.com delong.typepad.com
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Since speed-reading has become a national fad, this new edition of How to Read a Book deals with the problem and proposes variable-speed-reading as the solution, the aim being to read better, always better, but sometimes slower, sometimes faster.
Framing of his book as a remedy to the speed reading fad in the 1970s...
What did those books at the time indicate that their purpose was? Were they aimed at helping people consume more (hopefully with greater comprehension?) while there was a continuing glut of information overload building up in society?
Which is better, more deep understanding of less or more surface understanding of more? How does combinatorial creativity effect the choice?
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As Pascal observed three hundred years ago, "When we read too fast or too slowly, we understand nothing."
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- Nov 2022
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delong.typepad.com delong.typepad.com
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A better formula is this : Every book should be readno more slowly than it deserves, and no more quickly than youcan read it with satisfaction and comprehension.
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the primarytask-recognized as such by all speed reading courses-is tocorrect the fixations and regressions that slow so many readersdown
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- Jun 2022
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- Jan 2022
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drive.google.com drive.google.com
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Most of us have been taken in by the notion that speed of reading is a measure of our intelligence. T
Where did the idea of speed reading being a measure of our intelligence stem?
Certainly in a world of information overload there is the perception that greater consumption is better, but lack of comprehension and memory are the enemies.
Comprehension and the ability to remember the books we read should be of the utmost importance.
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