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When you have the attention span of a fly and the constipation of a sloth (infosec.pub)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/memes@lemmy.world
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You: take 2 hours to read 1 book. Me: take 2 minutes to think of precisely the information I need, write a well-structured query, tell my agent Al to distribute it to the 17 models I've selected to help me with research, who then traverse approximately 1 million books, extract 17 different versions of the information I'm looking for, which my overseer agent then reviews, eliminates duplicate points, highlights purely conflicting ones for my review, and creates a 3- level summary. And then I drink coffee for 58 minutes. We are not the same.
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[–] 44 points 1 year ago (21 children)

Who the fuck is reading a whole book in 2 hours??? Is this normal? Am I dumb? I feel very threatened

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  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago* (6 children)

    Who the fuck drinks coffee for 58 minutes?

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    I have a double-walled cafetiere and a double-walled mug that combine to make a very pleasant slow coffee experience

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Depends on book, how absorbed you are, how much time you have to put aside, etc.

    Everyone does everything at their own pace, don't feel threatened. That's a mug's game

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I'm mostly being facetious, I love to read, but I tend to read a lot of nonfiction shit like Chomsky or Stephen Kinzer. I'm not worried that I'm dumb, I am a little shook about the idea of finishing a book in 2 hours though honestly.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Ime most people who report to read very fast tend to absord less information. They also seem to spend less time picking apart the details and mulling them over. For me a big part of reading isn't really reading but thinking in-between moments of reading

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Yeah, my dyslexia makes sure I read slowly, but my reading comprehension always tested perfectly. Although my ADHD can have me zoning out and reading the same word, line, paragraph, or even page, multiple times...

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