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Reading speed largely depends on the material. Some texts, ex. Bible or Plato's dialogues, are meant as merely jumping points for one's reflection on the subjec
by badpun 6y ago
Reading speed largely depends on the material. Some texts, ex. Bible or Plato's dialogues, are meant as merely jumping points for one's reflection on the subject. Reading them at 150 pages per hour would be utterly pointless.
- mtrovo 6y agoYeah, that’s also my take. Some texts are a mere introduction to a much deeper process that should happen inside your head and there’s no way to accelerate that. The way I like to think is you can change your input bandwidth (reading speed) but can’t change your processor clock (brain assimilation speed). It doesn’t invalidate people that read at 2x normal speed, it just depends on the kind of book you’re reading. I’m able to listen to some books at 2.5x but it’s always the same kind of book: non fiction, business related, those books that in the end you think it could be a blog post rather than a 500 pages book.
- badpun 6y ago> I’m able to listen to some books at 2.5x but it’s always the same kind of book: non fiction, business related, those books that in the end you think it could be a blog post rather than a 500 pages book. Don't get me started on those books... They're essentially a result of a market failure - since the readers are not willing to pay for blog posts, but will buy books, the writers are incentivised to dress up their blog posts as books... This is enromously wasteful, as millions of people are wasting their time reading the filler necessary to reach an acceptable book size (typically a minimum of 150 pages).