Ask HN: How do you remember what you read and how to take notes?

Re:Ask HN: How do you remember what you read and how to take... by jstx1 on Saturday December 18, 2021 @05:33AM (#29603435)

I don't try too hard to remember stuff I read. Treating it like it's a textbook and I'm preparing for an exam sounds like a great way to suck all the enjoyment out of reading.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you remember what you read and how to take... by Jeff_Brown on Saturday December 18, 2021 @08:36AM (#29604381)

In youth it's easier to want to learn something even if you don't know what it's for. At least it was for me. I blame evolutionary optimization: Kids (which, behaviorally, today includes plenty of people in their thirties) don't know what they're going to do, and don't know what they'll need for it.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you remember what you read and how to take... by Claude_Shannon on Saturday December 18, 2021 @07:25AM (#29603972)

Yeah, but reading history books - it is a waste to read and not remember most things.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you remember what you read and how to take... by joejoesvk on Saturday December 18, 2021 @06:55AM (#29603817)

this is the answer

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