That being said, it would be wildly fortunate if people naturally acquired perfect reading techniques as children; there are certainly ways to read better, and some of this post’s techniques might work. I’ve found a lot of success with the ideas from this Farnam Street article: quit books, assess why you’re reading things and apply effort accordingly, read slowly when you find something really good, take notes.
After skimming (or should I say speed reading? :) ) some skepticism from Scott Young (who used to promote speed reading after reading the same book as you, and certainly cares about learning quickly—he did MIT’s 4-year CS curriculum in 1 year) and LessWrong, I think the summary for this post needs some caveats. Is there any evidence for these claims besides personal experience and Kump’s guidebook?
That being said, it would be wildly fortunate if people naturally acquired perfect reading techniques as children; there are certainly ways to read better, and some of this post’s techniques might work. I’ve found a lot of success with the ideas from this Farnam Street article: quit books, assess why you’re reading things and apply effort accordingly, read slowly when you find something really good, take notes.