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A number of times as a teenager I read several books on a subject and found that the first few were badly written and difficult to understand, while the last on
by mjw1007 7y ago
A number of times as a teenager I read several books on a subject and found that the first few were badly written and difficult to understand, while the last one set everything out very plainly and I felt if only I'd read that one first I needn't have wasted my time with the others.
Only, once when I was half-way through that last one I realised that I was re-reading the first one I'd picked up.
So I think books can work pretty well, but expecting a single reading to stick is probably (for most people) not the best way to use them.
- LeonB 7y agoI listen to audiobooks on non-fiction and find that relistening brings out much more depth in the ideas (and my comprehension of them) My new plan is to read a summary of the book’s ideas first, perhaps read the summary twice. Then see if this increases the initial immersion.
- jpindar 7y agoYou might like Blinkist. It's an app that provides audio and text summaries of non-fiction books. I haven't tried it, but I've been hearing ads for it on some of my favorite podcasts. https://www.blinkist.com/ https://www.blinkist.com/