Audio books are shitcoins, I’m absorbing about 25% of this book rn
Discussion
I read tangible while listening audible.
Do you mean you follow words while someone reads it to you??
Yes. I cater the audible to my reading speed. Takes a few hours to get use to it.
But I’m comfortable with it. Also can divert attention to do something else and I can still kinda “see” the words without the book. It let’s say I’m feeding my son a bottle.
I think this is the most efficient way to absorb information
I’ve been listening to books on my commute for a while now. Don’t think you’re taking as much in as you would as reading, but don’t think it’s too far off.
I always end up just getting the book and reading it. Audio is great for conversations not for long-form written material
lol I tend to agree. I think there’s an element of practice though, I’m maybe up to like 80% absorption.
What are you “reading”?
Welp…since you asked I must admit, when I first bought the bitcoin standard a few years ago, I only read the first half and stopped reading once it gets to the bitcoin discussion since I figured it would just information i already knew. I was more concerned about learning the history of money. But I always felt like a fraud for not finishing so I decided to finish the second half by listening.
Haha if you read 3 pages you know more about money and Bitcoin than 99.999% of people so no worries about fraud.
If I get bored by a book, I just switch to a new one and maybe come back to it later. So I’m always reading like 20 books. I don’t feel bad about it at all and think it helps.
When you came back to the book, do you feel like you got more out of it after giving it time to live in your head?
No I pretty much confirmed my thinking. Once he goes into talking about bitcoin it’s all things I’ve heard/knew already. Basically just explaining what it is and why it’s perfect money.
This is the only book I’ve put down for a while and come back to though.