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> I hated the idea of wasting all that time I spent reading Personally, I've come to the conclusion that I read in order to draw broad patterns, not necessaril
by peterlk 6y ago
> I hated the idea of wasting all that time I spent reading
Personally, I've come to the conclusion that I read in order to draw broad patterns, not necessarily to remember all the things in every book - my brain has limited space.
What are your thoughts on optimizing retention at the expense of remembering to see the forest?
- ZainRiz 6y ago100% agreed. It's been a journey for me to get to this point, but Tiago Forte's thoughts were really influential for me here. Now I try to only save notes that I found particularly surprising or insightful, I'm definitely not trying to save everything in the book. I don't put it in: * If the fact didn't make me think * If it doesn't trigger an "aha" moment * If it was something I already knew, For example, I'm currently taking notes as I read The Art of Doing Science and Engineering. If you looked at my notes[1] then you could barely tell that it's a book about engineering. [1] https://twitter.com/ZainRzv/status/1289964671563214848 https://twitter.com/ZainRzv/status/1289964671563214848