Skimming a much larger volume of material with fewer commitments to a ‘full stack read’ (reading with note taking and later iterated summarization) allows one to more easily identify top quality information.
This takes on a higher level view of reading than I was intending to cover here. But nevertheless, this is a valuable resource. It reminds me of Adler’s How to Read a Book.
Can you describe these heuristics and the type of content you used them on?
This is a good start: https://lifehacker.com/five-steps-that-make-it-easier-to-skim-through-non-fict-1758111229
Skimming a much larger volume of material with fewer commitments to a ‘full stack read’ (reading with note taking and later iterated summarization) allows one to more easily identify top quality information.
This takes on a higher level view of reading than I was intending to cover here. But nevertheless, this is a valuable resource. It reminds me of Adler’s How to Read a Book.