Read research papers on a topic of interest to you. As of now I try to limit the time I spend on HN. I skim through articles very quickly. OTOH I recently reor

Read research papers on a topic of interest to you. As of now I try to limit the time I spend on HN. I skim through articles very quickly. OTOH I recently reorganized my collection of research papers, most of them obtained thanks to that Kazakhstani heroïcal woman. I pick one and read it from start to finish, over the course of a week, a month, whatever. I often do not understand what I read. Little by little, reading again after a few months the same article, I understand one paragraph more :) The two golden rules: - stick to the most important, breakthrough papers - read a paper from start to finish, even if you do not understand it. Do not block, just keep reading.