Reading
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Reading and True Literacy
- To read better, learn how to choose better books - Lindy Effect - [1]
- Reading is a valuable skill much underutilized. Even those who are 'literate' do not take advantage of the skill.
- Reading taste can grow up. From comic books to drame to sci fi to science and humanities... [2]. You start with junk food, your tastes grow up.
- Re-reading - don't read everything, read the greatest books over and over.
- More blogs - Farnjam st, Kevin Simmler's blog
- But oldest wisdom is in books. Skim a large number, pick out the juicy parts.
- Read anything. Build the habit. Your habit will improve.
Knowing
- Circle of competence [3]. Open source economies which include openly accessible rapid learning materials break through this paradigm, increasing one's competence significantly