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Although I agree that hyper speeds are not really possible/practical, this article still points out that if you have an average reading speed (200-400 wpm) you
by imron 10y ago
Although I agree that hyper speeds are not really possible/practical, this article still points out that if you have an average reading speed (200-400 wpm) you should still be able to double or significantly increase your reading speed through training.
The benefits of this are clear and obvious for people who do large amounts if reading out of necessity or pleasure.
- michaelmrose 10y agoWould you take more pleasure in reading faster? Apply that to any other enjoyable activity. Have sex faster!
- sndean 10y agoI think another component is the ability to do more because you're doing it faster. And doing more might be more pleasurable. So "Have more (enjoyable activity), faster!" That might not apply to sex.
- comex 10y agoI have the opposite problem, sort of. For me, speed reading novels (I haven't measured how fast, but I think I'm pretty fast) comes as a natural consequence of wanting to know what happens next. The faster I go, the more I lose myself in the story, the more intense the drama: an immensely pleasant feeling. But I think I tend to start going too fast and having my comprehension suffer.
- kaybe 10y agoBeing a fast reader gives you a small boost in many areas. Most reading is not done for pleasure but for information intake.
- JetSpiegel 10y agoYou never know, there was someone here some time ago that said that he/she had never read a book for pleasure in their entire life.
- RogerL 10y agoWhy not? I'm a very fast reader, and take great pleasure in reading. If you (generic 'you', not michaelmrose you) read half as fast as I do, then take it for granted that you could double your speed and take pleasure in it. And, as an added bonus, you get to read twice as much. Who wouldn't want that? I'd certainly take a doubling of my current reading speed if I could. And after that, I'd accept another doubling. And another. There are so many great books, and so little time.
- thaumasiotes 10y agoPeople who do large amounts of reading are already fast.