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I don't try too hard to remember stuff I read. Treating it like it's a textbook and I'm preparing for an exam sounds like a great way to suck all the enjoyment
by jstx1 5y ago
I don't try too hard to remember stuff I read. Treating it like it's a textbook and I'm preparing for an exam sounds like a great way to suck all the enjoyment out of reading.
- joejoesvk 5y agothis is the answer
- Claude_Shannon 5y agoYeah, but reading history books - it is a waste to read and not remember most things.
- Jeff_Brown 5y agoIn youth it's easier to want to learn something even if you don't know what it's for. At least it was for me. I blame evolutionary optimization: Kids (which, behaviorally, today includes plenty of people in their thirties) don't know what they're going to do, and don't know what they'll need for it.