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Rao Reading Algorithm (2024)
- mbeavitt 1y agoYou can't tease me with "Algorithm" in the title and then not actually define an algorithm... TL;DR: Read lots of widely acclaimed books that are close to the source of what you want to learn?
- sunrunner 1y agoIt's a reading equivalent to the Feynman Problem Solving Algorithm (which I personally think is really just a variant of the universal Nike Algorithm applied specifically to problem solving).
- mbeavitt 1y agoIs it though? The algorithm you reference is meant to be a joke: 1) Write down the problem. 2) Think real hard. 3) Write down the solution. This is not a useful algorithm in any sense, apart from that it might be thought provoking. What's the "universal nike algorithm"? I didn't find anything on google.
- _Algernon_ 1y agoI assume it's a play on Nike's tag-line: "Just do it"
- mbeavitt 1y agoOh, I get it. Missed the joke.
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- alexpotato 1y agoAn "algorithm" that I used to great effect in business school was the following: - Most well written books start each paragraph with a thesis statement - The next couple sentences are usually in support of that thesis statement - The final sentence of the paragraph is usually the thesis statement again - Ergo, if you are in a hurry, just read the first sentence of each paragraph. A friend had to read a book in only 3 hours and was lamenting that she didn't have time to read and I suggested the above. She came back the next day and said: "Everyone had only read the first 1/3 of the book but I had 'read' the whole thing and looked like a genius!" PS I also made it through 3 out of the 4 semesters of business school without buying any of the books/pamphlets etc but that is a story for another time.
- KnuthIsGod 1y agoAI slop...
- jackallis 1y agodont people just read for fun; grab a book and streach out in the lawn, deck or beach and just read? why does it have to optimized, algorithmized, systamized?
- Eddy_Viscosity2 1y agoSome books are not fun to read but are important to read. These strategies are for those ones, not the fun ones. People read fun books no problem.