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To me... Reading any fiction at all like this, seems ridiculous. I'm not reading stories with the intention of learning the plot as quickly as possible.. Or els
by Lewton 15y ago
To me... Reading any fiction at all like this, seems ridiculous. I'm not reading stories with the intention of learning the plot as quickly as possible.. Or else I'd just look up a summary online.
I gave up on speed reading because I didn't see the point. My reading of most technical texts is more limited by the speed of my understanding than my actual reading speed.
Am I looking at it the wrong way? Is it actually a skill I should try and master?
- jcfrei 15y agosimilar reaction here. I just don't see the merit in reading fiction, even less in speed reading it, if it's not for your own entertainment. I figure a lot of people feel like there's some sort of intrinsic, intellectual merit to the act of reading, no matter what (as long as there aren't a lot of pictures...), but i believe this stems from a time where reading fluently was a skill not so widely distributed as it is today.