Patrick Collison's Manifesto on Reading
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Patrick Collison's Manifesto on Reading
- Serendipity: Keep books around and when some new information suggests an old book is more important than you thought, you can go back to it.
- Annotate in the margin
- Build an index in the end for interesting ideas
- Generally don't go back to a book I have read
- Share snippets and insights of really good books with friends, which often results in good rec
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Tengji Zhang added 2y ago
- Reading feels like something I ought to do because there are just so many important things to know that I don't know and that feels problematic.
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- How to process a book:
- Jump mid-way through and ask do I want to have got here. If the answer is yes then read from start more carefully.
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- When to read: morning, evening, eating, walking.
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- Every single moment you should be reading the most valuable to you based on the latest information. Don't be afraid to jump to a new book before finishing the current one.
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- How to choose books: The intersection of all the books that are worth reading and enjoyable to read.
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