Ask HN: How do you remember what you have read in a book?

Re:Ask HN: How do you remember what you have read in a book? by 7222aafdcf68cfe on Thursday October 03, 2024 @07:33AM (#41729629)

“I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Re:Ask HN: How do you remember what you have read in a book? by muzani on Thursday October 03, 2024 @11:17AM (#41731567)

This was before the era of the internet though, when "book" was the closest thing to a wikipedia page or a reel.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you remember what you have read in a book? by meiraleal on Thursday October 03, 2024 @12:11PM (#41732046)

Wow. I came to say this and got a quote from a famous guy

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Re:Ask HN: How do you remember what you have read in a book? by VoodooJuJu on Wednesday October 09, 2024 @08:49AM (#41787363)

Cope.

You get out of books what you put into them. If you can't remember what you've read, it's because you didn't work to remember it (and that's okay). This quote is just cope for people to passively consume and feel good about it.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you remember what you have read in a book? by namaria on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @05:06PM (#41853131)

What are you suggesting, exactly, Ralph Waldo Emerson has to cope with literature consumption wise?

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