432 sats \ 8 replies \ @OriginalSize 2 Feb \ on: Do you guys actually comprehend the books you've read? BooksAndArticles
My favorite way to increase comprehension is to underline good parts. Once I've read a few chapters, I'll copy the underlined bits out and add in why they caught my eye, whether surprising, beautiful, powerful, or by generating good ideas. At the end of the book, I've got a page or two of quotes and leads to follow. I then score each book 1-10.
I made a small shelf with just the 9s and 10s which are seen on a daily basis. This the good stuff, the top shelf, the cream of the crop. It's great having them close at hand for an additional reading.
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174 sats \ 7 replies \ @Fabs OP 2 Feb
Ahhh, the "cream of the crop", you say?
Can't leave us hanging here without at least some titles, can you?
The "end goal" I'm striving for is also a little shelve consisting of Absolute bangerZ only- gonna be a looong way, though.
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110 sats \ 6 replies \ @OriginalSize 2 Feb
I see what I did there. The one fictional work takes up a lot of space: Infinite Jest.
Of the others, I suggest The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. It's short and I enjoyed trying to live by his system of virtues.
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10 sats \ 5 replies \ @Fabs OP 2 Feb
Hmm, what topics are you most inclined to?
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10 sats \ 4 replies \ @OriginalSize 2 Feb
I lean toward practical books but part-way through Brothers Karamazov. On my to-read shelf are Consider the Lobster and Storyworthy. What about you?
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10 sats \ 3 replies \ @Fabs OP 2 Feb
Hmm, I've set my sights on the topics of: biology, history, psychology, philosophy, sociology and anthropology.
It's a broad spectrum and something for the next decade, but it'll be worth it and it honestly interests me.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @OriginalSize 3 Feb
On philosophy, I ordered all the books in this tweet so when I'm ready I'll make a project of those. https://twitter.com/Plinz/status/1692063864941355174
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Fabs OP 3 Feb
Holy fuck, that's some tough texts I assume.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @OriginalSize 3 Feb
Definitely. Probably twice as hard as anything I've done reading-wise, but the challenge is what made me read IJ and King's It. So here's a bigger one.
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