[enriquto]

> spending 4 weeks on like 5 pages of a 10-page chapter. But is that the best use of your time?

Look at it as the best use of paper :)

Many math books are dense. They don't bullshit you around. Spending several hours on a single page is the normal usage.

[moomin]

Yeah, and for better or for worse, it is the best arrangement. I remember ploughing through Alan Baker’s number theory book. You have to sit with a pencil and paper and convince yourself of half the steps, but you sure as hell know the material afterwards. And you do need the skills you gain by doing this.

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> And you do need the skills you gain by [engaging].

The slogan I've heard is: "Mathematics is not a spectator sport."

[moomin]

I haven’t heard that one before but it’s on the nose. I have heard Euclid’s much older “There is no royal road to geometry”.