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Yes, it is possible. It is partly developing a kind of fluency that is very similar to sight-reading music (this is a nice one to think about because you really
by alankay1 10y ago
Yes, it is possible. It is partly developing a kind of fluency that is very similar to sight-reading music (this is a nice one to think about because you really have to grok what is there to do it, and you have to do it in real time at "prima vista").
Doing a lot of it is one of the keys! Doing it in a way that various short and long-term memories are involved is another key (rapid reading with comprehension of both text and music is partly a kind of memorization and buffering, etc.)
I don't think I've read 23,000 books in 76 years, but very likely somewhere between 16,000 and 20,000 (I haven't been counting). Bertrand Russell easily read 23,000 books in his lifetime, etc.
- randomsearch 10y agoI was late to this and didn't expect a reply, so thanks for taking the time to come back and respond! I agree with the practice, as for some periods I've noticed an increase in speed when I've been consistently reading every day. Regarding the second point - short and long-term memory - do you have a link or other suggestion for where to learn more, please?
- alankay1 10y agoThere was quite a bit of discussion about this on the HN gig about my long ago "reading list"
- randomsearch 10y agoThanks. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11803165 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11803165