On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 05:35:27PM +0100, Srijith Nair wrote:
Hi all,
I would like to pick your brains on how you organise and retrieve information
that you read in books (physical or ebook) and long-form articles online.
Over the years I have been getting increasingly frustrated at not being
efficient in deriving meaningful value from what I have read and curated via
notes and highlights from these readings. I wanted to get better at retaining
what I read and also in being able to connect the dots and identifying
overlapping and intersecting themes and topics across the various books and
articles I have read. I also have the recurring problem of not being able to
remember/find that quote or that impressive eloquent passage in a book or
article that I read a few weeks or months ago.
I'm on your same boat, but I have found out it makes no sense (for me)
to try to find a solution. I know I have very bad memory when I read
books, so I've made peace with it in two ways: for every book I read,
distill the contents to a mental paragraph that I could use to explain
to someone what the book is about; and also focus on two or three very
salient points the book makes, and treasure them. So I don't try to
remember most of what I read, it's pointless for me.
Cheers,
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José María (Chema) Mateos || https://rinzewind.org/
