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		dilanj on Jan 5, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Do you guys use speed reading techniques? You only remember about 20% of what you read at best. So the optimal approach would be to pick the 20% you want to read. Skimming over dull parts and reading the start and end of paragraphs helps. I've also tried EyeQ and AceReader and felt the latter helped in learning to read chunks of words at a time. Personally though, the biggest difference was made by starting to use a Sony Reader. It'll make a lot of your otherwise mundanely spent time usable for reading.

psyklic on Jan 5, 2009 [–]

If you only read the 20% you want to read, then according to your first statement you will only remember 20% of that!

dilanj on Jan 5, 2009 | [–]

Good point, but what I meant was picking what you want to focus on, apologies if the literal meaning confused you.

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