This isn’t a criticism on you - in fact this isn’t anything about you specifically however the 100 books a year made me think of this.
The folks I know who read a lot more than average tend these fall into camps:
The ones who seem to have the best recall for the material they’ve read - like recalling very specific things from any given book they’ve read. They read about 12-16 books a year.
Then you have the ferocious readers, some of which I can personally attest read anywhere from 30-60 books a year, maybe even more. They however don’t have the same strength of recall. They can often give good synopsis of information they’ve read, but will struggle to recall specifics without looking it up or having to find a book in question and re-skim it for more relevant information etc.
Now achievement wise both groups have done fine but the methodical 12-16 books a year folks seem to make more knowledge gains over time - forgetting less stuff, basically.
I’m not sure which is better, or even if there is a better, but this is something I’ve noticed about volume vs time taken to digest books slower.
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This isn’t a criticism on you - in fact this isn’t anything about you specifically however the 100 books a year made me think of this.
The folks I know who read a lot more than average tend these fall into camps:
The ones who seem to have the best recall for the material they’ve read - like recalling very specific things from any given book they’ve read. They read about 12-16 books a year.
Then you have the ferocious readers, some of which I can personally attest read anywhere from 30-60 books a year, maybe even more. They however don’t have the same strength of recall. They can often give good synopsis of information they’ve read, but will struggle to recall specifics without looking it up or having to find a book in question and re-skim it for more relevant information etc.
Now achievement wise both groups have done fine but the methodical 12-16 books a year folks seem to make more knowledge gains over time - forgetting less stuff, basically.
I’m not sure which is better, or even if there is a better, but this is something I’ve noticed about volume vs time taken to digest books slower.
People who read 100+ books a year are probably doing it for entertainment, not knowledge. It seems like an odd point of comparison.