Yup, I use information density too. Take notes for half an hour, see how many notes you have and how far in you are. Really good books are so information dense that the notes are thicker than the book.
Caveat: Older books are harder to read, not necessarily because they have more information, but because the context is lost today. In a certain era, you're immersed in it, and some things don't need explaining. I spent a lot of time searching for what a Greek chorus is, seems like it's the ancient equivalent of a laugh track.
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Yup, I use information density too. Take notes for half an hour, see how many notes you have and how far in you are. Really good books are so information dense that the notes are thicker than the book.
Caveat: Older books are harder to read, not necessarily because they have more information, but because the context is lost today. In a certain era, you're immersed in it, and some things don't need explaining. I spent a lot of time searching for what a Greek chorus is, seems like it's the ancient equivalent of a laugh track.