4.5 · Breadth, Range & Reading Itself
How to Read a Book
Four levels of reading — including inspectional reading, which is permission to extract a book’s argument without finishing it. That permission is the missing piece in my current system.
Deepen
Section titled “Deepen”Range
The evidenced case for generalists in complex domains. My own self-description — "hybrid: knowledge of various domains, able to go in depth on any" — with research behind it.
The Art of Learning
Chess prodigy to world champion in a martial art. Learning as a portable skill, told as memoir.
Reference
Section titled “Reference”Curious
Curiosity as a maintainable habit rather than a fixed personality trait.