"If I enjoy a topic, I write down and rearrange chunks from different sources."
This. How do you do this? As in do you write down chunks on post its and rearrange, you write them in a notebook and go back and forth, you use some kind of app?
I've felt this too, learning from multiple sources is a much more fulfilling experience
If I enjoy a topic, I write down and rearrange chunks from different sources. If you look at the same topic from different books, it's easier to grok that knowledge.
> I read slowly and at the end of a 300 page book I might have only three key ideas that I remember, but I'm able to explain and illustrate them well.
People don't buy brochures, so the writer is driven by the publisher to write hundreds more pages. The market does not reward concise exposition. I read plenty of books with 3 pages worth of ideas and 300 fillers.