3 ms·
This strategy can be applied to learning as well. The concepts are very similar to those presented in “How to Read a Book”[0]. The general gist is: create a m
by jumploops 2y ago
This strategy can be applied to learning as well.
The concepts are very similar to those presented in “How to Read a Book”[0].
The general gist is: create a mental outline of the book/material (via the table of contents), dive into interesting chapters, resurface to the outline, dive again, etc.
This strategy is useful for quickly building a mental model and using your own interest as the guiding light.
Similar to building quickly, the focus is on your attention/what’s most important, rather than traversing from the beginning to the end serially.
Great post!
[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Read_a_Book https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Read_a_Book
- TechDebtDevin 2y agoHow to Read a Book, is ironically one of my favorite books. I attribute a lot of my ability to learn to this book and a teacher in high school that forced us to read and understand it.
- sourcepluck 2y agoCan you explain the irony there? I don't get it.
- Vinnl 2y agoPresumably they had to read it without knowing how to read a book, and yet they were still able to appreciate it.
- nrvn 2y agoIn the top directory of my improvised library of electronic books, papers and pdf prints of valuable web pages there are three uncategorized files: - How to read a book by Adler - How to read a paper[0] - How to study[1] Serves as an entrypoint and gatekeeper. Reminds me every time how to spend my time effectively there. [0] http://ccr.sigcomm.org/online/files/p83-keshavA.pdf http://ccr.sigcomm.org/online/files/p83-keshavA.pdf [1] https://cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/howtostudy.html https://cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/howtostudy.html
- dmvdoug 2y agoIt’s just the hermeneutic circle at work, nothing magical.