I tried improving my reading speed and I succeeded. But it’s a shallow metric because I found that my retention 1 and 6 months later was poor. I realised reten

I tried improving my reading speed and I succeeded. But it’s a shallow metric because I found that my retention 1 and 6 months later was poor. I realised retention is what I actually care about and slowed down instead. I read slower now, take notes, review the notes when I’m done reading. I end up reading less but I retain more.