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I believe in reading the whole books because when you read an entire book you remember the gist of it even weeks or months later, but if you read a summary (unl
by jamiequint 19y ago
I believe in reading the whole books because when you read an entire book you remember the gist of it even weeks or months later, but if you read a summary (unless you really memorize it) you hardly remember much of anything after a few weeks.
- davidw 19y agoThat's an interesting observation, and not something I'd thought of. My hope with the site is to balance out the 'lesser involvement' that comes with not buying and reading a book, with discussions of books so that people can discuss the application and nuances of the Big Idea, especially as it applies to their own lives. I'm not getting much traction with that though, so far.
- jamiequint 19y agoI can see how that would be valuable in some cases.