[charles_f]

> Consuming information is not the same as acquiring knowledge

Yes but this:

> Getting the rough gist and absorbing the lessons are two different things.

I only partially agree with. I organize my knowledge using zk, and go through a) writing notes as I read then b) digesting them into ideas. Most books I read cover to cover prior to doing that, I remember only the gist of ; while books I occasionally speed read doing that, I remember in more details.

My point is: it's not just about "going on a trip" with the author, but appropriating yourself their ideas.

[Koshkin]

> Yes but this:

The next sentence was: “No idea could be further from the truth.” (I know, this is how we read today.)

[charles_f]

Oh, I misinterpreted that entirely

[gjm11]

I'm pretty sure what they mean is "No idea could be further from the truth than the idea that consuming information is the same thing as acquiring knowledge". In which case, unless I misunderstand badly Koshkin's implied criticism of charles_f is entirely unfair.

Koshkin, if in fact you think that what OP means is "Actually, consuming information is the same thing as acquiring knowledge", why do you think that?

[Koshkin]

You may be right.

[bayesian_horse]

Actually, by now I think "consuming information" does actually mean "acquiring knowledge".

And there is very little we can do to improve or degrade the retention of anything we actually "consume". Especially once you factor in consuming it again, which is almost always necessary for high retention.

[nousernamegiven]

what is zk

[sudeepdino008]

In general zk means zettelkasten, which is a way to take notes and organize information. There are plenty of implementations on this idea-- like neuron or roam research.

[raju]

Not the author of the comment but a quick search led to this

https://github.com/sirupsen/zk