How To Remember Everything You Read With AI

At first, I was upset.

Now, I just feel bad for this guy:

There’s some truth behind what he’s saying, but that’s because most people, in general, don’t know how to read.

Not because they’re illiterate, but because they learned how to read in a Prussian style education system designed to create obedient soldiers, compliant citizens, civil servants, and well-behaved workers by focusing on:

• Mandatory attendance
• Training for teachers
• National curriculum and testing
• Division of students by age
• The concept of grade levels

Reading, to most people, is a performative act.

They read to find specific information for a “test,” be it a school test or a life test.

They read to show others that they’ve accomplished something, like how people flex that they’ve somehow both read and retained information from 52 books in a year.

They avoid reading difficult books because if they don’t understand it, what’s the point?

Here’s the thing.

You don’t read to find a specific answer.