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A comment on Ask HN: For memorising books, do you prefer a notepad or annotating the margins?.

Re:Ask HN: For memorising books, do you prefer a notepad or ... by afarrell on Sunday January 12, 2020 @07:20PM (#22030794)
Are you trying to memorize the book?

Or are you trying to learn to apply the mental models?

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Re:Ask HN: For memorising books, do you prefer a notepad or ... by trwhite on Monday January 13, 2020 @05:58AM (#22033400)
I think the goal is just to retain the information for longer. I often have to revisit non-fiction just to remind myself what the lessons were, which is time I'd rather spend learning about new subjects.
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