Rao Reading Algorithm (2024)

An "algorithm" that I used to great effect in business school was the following:

- Most well written books start each paragraph with a thesis statement

- The next couple sentences are usually in support of that thesis statement

- The final sentence of the paragraph is usually the thesis statement again

- Ergo, if you are in a hurry, just read the first sentence of each paragraph.

A friend had to read a book in only 3 hours and was lamenting that she didn't have time to read and I suggested the above.

She came back the next day and said:

"Everyone had only read the first 1/3 of the book but I had 'read' the whole thing and looked like a genius!"

PS I also made it through 3 out of the 4 semesters of business school without buying any of the books/pamphlets etc but that is a story for another time.

dont people just read for fun; grab a book and streach out in the lawn, deck or beach and just read? why does it have to optimized, algorithmized, systamized?

You can't tease me with "Algorithm" in the title and then not actually define an algorithm... TL;DR: Read lots of widely acclaimed books that are close to the source of what you want to learn?

AI slop...