What use is it to read [hundreds of books in my life] if I remember so little from them? [...]
Reading and experience train your model of the world. And even if you forget the experience or what you read, its effect on your model of the world persists.
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Relevant: http://www.paulgraham.com/know.html
I use this method: https://jakeseliger.com/2018/06/30/how-i-remember-what-i-rea...