[dictatorsunion]

Apparently, the reading technique is used throughout AWS to make meetings more productive.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20980025&ref=hvper.com&...

> AWS purportedly puts design documents forward in the form of six-pagers. They start meetings with a 20 minute silent reading session. It's like the book club from hell.

>> Not just AWS- that's an Amazon-wide technique. And it's freaking amazing. You should try it.

[daxfohl]

I half wonder if in lecture format, a silent 60 minute reading session would be more productive. Lecturer is available to answer questions but other than that the textbook is the guide.