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Skimming a text seems to be a skill that is on the decline. I thought that videos presenting a tool or library was a fad, but now I suspect that watching a vid
by kpil 10y ago
Skimming a text seems to be a skill that is on the decline.
I thought that videos presenting a tool or library was a fad, but now I suspect that watching a video is actually faster and more convenient than reading a text, for a lot of young people.
This concerns me a bit, since it is very time inefficient. I can skim a whole book in a minute. Webpages are harder, but still much quicker than waiting for some schmuck droning on and on in a video.
- zig 10y agoDo you know of any resources or tips to improve skimming skills? I am impressed that you can skim a book in a minute (even skimming a sentence or two per chapter might take longer than that for me). I've been trying to improve my reading speed - I feel like it's actually degraded over time - but I don't know that I am making much progress.
- kpil 10y agoI guess just read a lot of books, and keep doing it for several years. I learned to read when I was four, so I can't really remember, but I don't think I've gotten any faster since I was 16 or so. At that time I think I read for at least one hour, more or less every night.
- vorotato 10y agoThe new crop of young people actually read more than previous generations. http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/09/millennials-are-out-reading-older-generations/379934/ http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/09/millen... http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/09/10/younger-americans-and-public-libraries/ http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/09/10/younger-americans-and-...