How do I read Textbooks faster? I want to get smarter and stay productive, but the pace I'm going with this current book is depressing

1. You don't need to read every word, the amount you can skip is depending on the language;
2. Skip chapters, sometimes you know what the chapter is about.

@stop

You know, this is why I keep telling people I'm not that smart.

I'm literally re-reading the parts of CS:APP that I already know and doing all the problems, and it never occurred to me that I should skip the beginning because I understand bits of this chapter already.

You kind of blew my mind here with a simple solution, and made this day off that I slipped into worth it.

Keep the covers closed

@electrineer Y-you mean blinders, right?

Practice. I used to find them too boring so I had to keep rereading, and it took ages.

As sad as it sounds I got used to being bored. And then once my expectations were lowered I started to take it in, my enjoyment rose, I remember content now.

@GuappiChaotic He was referring to the cover of the textbook you hack.

@DarthGuappi Eat my ass, creep.

@GuappiChaotic I'll deal with you later.

@GuappiChaotic skimming and scanning is the key.

https://utc.edu/enrollment-manageme...

Random google search result.

Both fall under the category of reading techniques.

It seems "profoundly easy"… Isn't really hard, just takes getting used to. But when mastered it is essential ;)

There are several other reading techniques, some depend on the (subjective) way you interpret / think, might be worth looking at.

I've heard many theories. Here's one:

If a chapter takes an hour to read properly but you only have 30 mins: day1 take 5 minutes to skim it just to get familiar with the parts. day2: spend 10 minutes properly reading a few of the most interesting parts and 10 minutes skimming the rest.

a few days later spend 5 minutes going over stuff you already read.

I have no idea if that'd actually work for me... but it's similar to how I learn documentation.
I need to skim it to get a broad view, read some parts carefully to understand any actual details and then re-read it to remember.