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jjice 14 hours ago [-]
Skipping parts in books was a big mental shift for me that has made me a much happier reader. I used to force myself to read through parts of books I already knew. If you read technical books, the overlap between them continues to grow and sometimes I really only want like half a book. Sometimes the additional perspective on a familiar concept is valuable, but I don't force myself to spend time on them anymore.
jimekus 1 days ago [-]
I also listen, as I've done for 40 years since my first SpeechThing. Now I have end-to-end harmonic mixing thrown in. I automate Firefox scraping of daily articles, but for longer books, I read as much as I want and when the session closes the remainder is queued up at the rear, so I get back into those queued books in the quiet weekends when then articles are exhausted. I listen from very early morning until midday.
Slow_Hand 1 days ago [-]
I'm not familiar with the tech; what is harmonic mixing for audio book readouts? Would you please elaborate?
xcubic 9 hours ago [-]
How do you know what chapters to read or skip? Just by the title?
Jeremy1026 15 hours ago [-]
> Many people think you have to read every page of a book starting at the first page and go to the last page, before moving on to the next. Maybe because that's what they were taught in school?
I do it because if I don't I get details crossed between them, creating one heck of a cross-over episode.
GreenLightGo 16 hours ago [-]
I also find listening more interesting than reading. Sometimes I even do it while working, if the job is routine and not too complicated. But technical books and materials have to be actually read, sometimes several times over...
fyredge 1 days ago [-]
It depends on the book. This style of reading is suitable for textbooks and journal articles, but does not work for fiction, where reading order can be quite important.
kooldeep7 1 days ago [-]
True, you cannot absorb fiction when you're skimming a book.
ytoawwhra92 1 days ago [-]
What you're describing requires a level of literacy possessed by less than 10% of the adult population.
cindyllm 1 days ago [-]
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idbnstra 14 hours ago [-]
which essays do you read every 3 months? open to hearing from more than just the OP too
nomilk 14 hours ago [-]
Thanks for asking (I too am interested to hear others')
Oscar Wilde's A Sentimental Journey Through Literature - a disciplined but scathing repost to a critic who takes shots at Wilde's work without understanding nor appreciating it. Timeless, given how much media is poorly substantiated opinion at best, and outright emotional babble at worst: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/14240/14240-h/14240-h.htm#:~...
I do it because if I don't I get details crossed between them, creating one heck of a cross-over episode.
The Days Are Long but the Decades Are Short for simplification, balance and inspiration: https://blog.samaltman.com/the-days-are-long-but-the-decades...
Orwell's Politics and the English Language on the importance of precise use of language: https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwel...
Orwell's Why I Write on critical thinking and clear communication: https://www.telelib.com/authors/O/OrwellGeorge/essay/whyiwri...
Steve Jobs' Stanford Commencement Address (a speech rather than an essay, but worthy of quarterly viewing): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc
Oscar Wilde's A Sentimental Journey Through Literature - a disciplined but scathing repost to a critic who takes shots at Wilde's work without understanding nor appreciating it. Timeless, given how much media is poorly substantiated opinion at best, and outright emotional babble at worst: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/14240/14240-h/14240-h.htm#:~...