That sounds quite a bit like what I do. When I encounter an insight in an article that I want to keep I create an Anki card from it. Here is the latest one that came up in my Anki:
Q: Which people who say that they want to change actually will do?
A: An observation: People who blame a part of themselves for a failure do not change. If someone says “I’ve got a terrible temper”, he will still hit. If he says “I hit my girlfriend”, he might stop. If someone says “I have shitty executive function”, he will still be late. If he says “I broke my promise”, he might change.
I’d distinguish between how you read vs. what you extract. From your comment, it’s hard to tell what your experience is like while you’re actually reading these articles. But it looks like you go on to create a short overall summary of the main point and turn it into a flashcard, which is definitely a part of Goldfish Reading!
The main point I wanted to get across with this post was that people probably have reading habits that are adapted to studying without Anki. And that Anki doesn’t just allow you to maintain long-term knowledge, but to simplify your approach to reading the material in the first place to be less strained.
About how I read: I have always been a fast reader easily willing to not think too much about things that seemed unimportant. Except for math where building a working model is key.
That sounds quite a bit like what I do. When I encounter an insight in an article that I want to keep I create an Anki card from it. Here is the latest one that came up in my Anki:
Q: Which people who say that they want to change actually will do?
A: An observation: People who blame a part of themselves for a failure do not change. If someone says “I’ve got a terrible temper”, he will still hit. If he says “I hit my girlfriend”, he might stop. If someone says “I have shitty executive function”, he will still be late. If he says “I broke my promise”, he might change.
http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/o13/open_thread_oct_17_oct_23_2016/dghr
And for this article I will create:
Q: Goldfish Reading is
A: reading text without trying to fully understand (or memorize) all of it at once but focus on the key parts of it (and optionally making Anki cards out of it). A bit like this Anki deck but with more cards.
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/fSos4ZwdQmRuLLnwK/goldfish-reading
Maybe my method is really plankton reading?
I’d distinguish between how you read vs. what you extract. From your comment, it’s hard to tell what your experience is like while you’re actually reading these articles. But it looks like you go on to create a short overall summary of the main point and turn it into a flashcard, which is definitely a part of Goldfish Reading!
The main point I wanted to get across with this post was that people probably have reading habits that are adapted to studying without Anki. And that Anki doesn’t just allow you to maintain long-term knowledge, but to simplify your approach to reading the material in the first place to be less strained.
About how I read: I have always been a fast reader easily willing to not think too much about things that seemed unimportant. Except for math where building a working model is key.