OT: Speed reading

[bearophile]

Walter Bright:

> Speed reading works fine when reading a bestseller novel. It's 
> a complete failure at reading intellectually dense material.

But if the novel you have speed read was very good you have 
missed most of the enjoyment. It's like eating a very good 
traditional handmade ice cream: if you gulp it down in few 
seconds you miss most of the point of eating it :)

Better to read one good novel slowly and appreciate and 
understand it well, than quickly read three of them, and forget 
them in few weeks.

Bye,
bearophile