Qiaochu_Yuan comments on Open Thread, February 1-14, 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 08 February 2013 05:00:18AM 3 points [-]

I'm preparing to read more books (technical and non-technical) than I usually read in fields outside of my comfort zone. This is not something I have ever really tried or needed to do in the past. Any basic tips for retaining information from these books? Ideas I've thought of include taking notes in WorkFlowy and then maybe putting the notes into Anki. I am not currently convinced of the value of learning speed-reading techniques (certainly that doesn't seem helpful for the technical books).