#speedreading

I did learn from one of Feynman's autobiographies that some people "hear" numbers when they count and others "see" them, and depending on which way your brain works you can't also count and talk or read respectively. I'm definitely in the "hearing" category for pretty much all brain processing. Maybe I've done so much reading I just "hear" very fast too?

The urge to absorb more information can quietly mirror the desire to resolve uncertainty. When knowledge becomes reassurance, what question is it trying to settle? https://dualisticunity.com/zen-and-the-art-of-speedreading/

Speedreading can turn books into material to process rather than experiences to encounter. When reading becomes consumption, what happens to contemplation? https://dualisticunity.com/zen-and-the-art-of-speedreading/

Reading quickly can give the sense of progress through sheer volume. When quantity replaces presence, what happens to the meaning inside the words? https://dualisticunity.com/zen-and-the-art-of-speedreading/

The mind often treats reading as a race to reach the end. When attention focuses on finishing rather than seeing, what part of the experience disappears? https://dualisticunity.com/zen-and-the-art-of-speedreading/

Speedreading promises more knowledge in less time. When information moves faster than reflection, how deeply does anything actually land? https://dualisticunity.com/zen-and-the-art-of-speedreading/

Reading faster can feel like progress without contact. What happens to meaning when absorption is replaced by acquisition? https://dualisticunity.com/zen-and-the-art-of-speedreading/