Tyler Cowen on Reading Fast, Reading Well, and Reading Widely

Every smart person I know is a voracious reader who also says “every smart person I know is a voracious reader.” There are so few exceptions to this rule it’s astounding. College tuition at $25,000 a year comes out to roughly $100 per lecture. Good books – sometimes written by the same professor – can be purchased for fifteen bucks and can offer mu... See more

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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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.