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The average person reads roughly 265 words per minute—the number we use in this book to calculate read time. Do your own math.
Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, • Smart Brevity
The second level of reading we will call Inspectional Reading. It is characterized by its special emphasis on time. When reading at this level, the student is allowed a set time to complete an assigned amount of reading.
Charles Van Doren • How to Read a Book
Reading has adopted the logic of streaming: binge, rate, forget. The metric is quantity, not resonance. We finish a book and rush to perform our response before allowing ourselves to feel it.
dylan joseph • the internet's most hated book
I read hungrily, in whatever scraps of time I can steal between writing, making videos, and taking care of the kids. I'm like Danny Ocean in Ocean's 11—I'm looking to raid and read with stealth and style.
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Reading with a pen in the hand, for example, forces, us to think about what we read and check upon our understanding.