[emmender2]

there are facts,events,narratives and there is knowledge.

knowledge consists of models of the world we have constructed and learnt, which abstract patterns of facts.

facts,narratives make for banter with friends (bonding) but knowledge helps with action (decision).

when reading, demarcate narratives from models, and/or layout the facts against known mental models. this may point to deficits in mental models, or missing models altogether.

most of my reading unfortunately is mindless soaking up of pointless narratives.