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Re:Cal Newport on Why We'll Look Back at Our Smartphones Lik... by StavrosK on Thursday January 31, 2019 @10:02AM (#19045146)
I found that you could do the same for many business books, and had made a site to provide summaries of the books. What sparked me to do it was reading "The No Asshole Rule", which was so devoid of actual content that it could be summed up by its title. It was full of anecdotes and statistics that ended up drawing the wrong conclusion.
Re:Cal Newport on Why We'll Look Back at Our Smartphones Lik... by abnry on Thursday January 31, 2019 @12:17PM (#19046477)
So I think this is true, but it is not necessarily a terrible thing. It is one thing to memorize a summary of a book. It is another to engage with and apply the ideas in the summary. The goal of a book is to hopefully give you enough time and space to do that.
Re:Cal Newport on Why We'll Look Back at Our Smartphones Lik... by StavrosK on Thursday January 31, 2019 @12:22PM (#19046534)
Unfortunately, most of the books I've read just have the extra material as filler, and don't lead to much engagement. It was just anecdotes like "the nurses in hospital X reported that their bosses were 30% assholes, and in hospital Y they were 96% assholes, so it's no wonder hospital X saved 49% more patients!" and other non-sequiturs like that.
Re:Cal Newport on Why We'll Look Back at Our Smartphones Lik... by Something1234 on Thursday January 31, 2019 @10:15AM (#19045249)
Whats the site?
Re:Cal Newport on Why We'll Look Back at Our Smartphones Lik... by dayglo on Thursday January 31, 2019 @10:23AM (#19045357)
There’s a good site that does this called Blinkist. https://www.blinkist.com/en/about/
Re:Cal Newport on Why We'll Look Back at Our Smartphones Lik... by yata01 on Thursday January 31, 2019 @11:15AM (#19045798)
You’ll need a subscription or trial to Blinkist if you want to view anything other than their daily freebie.
Re:Cal Newport on Why We'll Look Back at Our Smartphones Lik... by StavrosK on Thursday January 31, 2019 @10:33AM (#19045443)
This was years ago, and there wasn't much interest so I took it down.