Reading
topic on 2 shows · 4 statements across 4 episodes · said 2 times in 1 episodes since 2016
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Ovitz: Reading publications cover to cover is impossible and stupid
“I don't agree with people that sit and read things cover to cover, because you can't Equally weight everything between the covers. It's not possible. It's stupid, Franklin.”
Annotating books actively aids synthesis and tracks personal intellectual evolution
“I like writing in books because it doesn't just help you Process things and make sure that you're going through them in a thoughtful way and actually kind of synthesizing thoughts and thinking as you're reading as opposed to being just passively absorbing it, …”
Wojcicki: Real learning occurs through discussing books, not solitary reading
“Just reading the book by yourself, I mean, you can do, you know, it's helpful, but the learning comes, comes about in the discussion and the speaking and talking about things that happened.”
Naval Ravikant: Reading junk food first naturally leads to higher-quality books.
“The reality is I just read a lot that by today's standards would be considered mental junk food. But eventually you just get to like reading, you run out of the junk food and then you start eating the healthy food, right? Or your tastes kind of graduate.”