Is there a book on HOW TO READ?

[Anonymous No.22905726]

I think I read like a mentally retarded person, I basically hear what I'm reading in my head, as if I were reading out loud, but without speaking, instead of seeing the concepts.

[Anonymous No.22905736]

[Anonymous No.22905759]

Wait, other people don't see the individual letters oscillating in lizard colors???

[Anonymous No.22905774]

>>22905726
I don't know, but you should read Mark Edmundson's essay Why Read?.

[Anonymous No.22905783]

>>22905726
It's a good book.

[Anonymous No.22905903]

>>22905783
Is this book really that good? I read ~100 pages and quit because it was becoming too boring and repetitive.

[Anonymous No.22905908]

>>22905903
If you can't even get through this book then just quit, your IQ is too low to read

[Anonymous No.22905950]

>>22905783
>>22905903
I found most of the tips about “how” to read to be pretty useless but the authors introduction and commentary on the importance of reading was pretty interesting

[Anonymous No.22905961]

>>22905950
I second this.

[Anonymous No.22905975]

>>22905950
>pic rel
I find it interesting how the book was written like 70 years ago but the issue it describes has only grown exponentially. Primary sources are pretty much irrelevant nowadays and most people get information through 10 minute YouTube videos or 30 second TikTok’s.

[Anonymous No.22905993]

>>22905726
I read by first converting every letter into a numeral and solving each page as a function of the previous page divided by the probable numeric sequence of the next two pages and raised to the power of the prior chapter.

[Anonymous No.22907108]

>>22905726
Make a Journal. Read in chunks, either chapters or minutes or pages whichever you prefer. Pour every single thing that comes in your mind on the journal or notebook. Next time you want to start reading again, pick up the journal once and go through it. Congratulations you just learned how to read.
Re-reading is more important than reading. When you know you are going to re-read you don't have the pressure to get it all at once. When you don't have the pressure to get it all at once you will not become demoralized by your lack of instantaneous comprehension and you therefore will not be as likely to give up.

For especially challenging books consider saving note taking for the second read. Just try and familiarize yourself with the content, the outlines, what you can understand on the first pass. You will be surprised at how a lot of what you don't initially get percolates around and connects later. Trees don't grow overnight.

Speed + Comprehension is possible, but is a result of compound knowledge. Much is said about the danger of prioritizing speed at the cost of comprehension, but the reverse is true too. It may seem counter-intuitive, or against received wisdom, but prioritizing maximum meaning and comprehension per line at the cost of just reading what is is in front of you will burn you out if your are starting from a place of near zero overall knowledge on a topic.
Speed and comprehension should be complimentary, not opposing forces. One increases as the other does. And since we are not going for total comprehension on the first read, because we intend to re-read, we can breeze past specifics that we find too tricky or incomprehensible, and we don't need turn our reading into a stop start whiplash of note taking either.

This is how you build knowledge into compound knowledge and increase both your comprehension and speed in the long run.