Regarding physical books, I like the idea of building a library for posterity. You don't have to read all the books you buy, but you can keep them so that when you want to consult them, they are there. Before I do that though, I tend to look at the table of contents, bibliography and index so that I have a fair idea as to what I can get from them.
Obviously this works with non-fiction and not so much with fiction. As far as articles on the internet go, I use signals from Twitter and read fairly narrowly: anything regarding misinformation, polarisation, journalism, information overload, the culpability of tech companies, etc. and stuff on mental health and these days, gender and caste. On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 4:42 PM José María Mateos via Silklist < [email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 08, 2022 at 02:14:23PM +0530, Udhay Shankar N via Silklist > wrote: > >"Too many needles" is a brilliantly evocative phrase that alludes to how > >one's TBR pile keeps monotonically increasing. > > > >How do you cope? > > > >https://www.oliverburkeman.com/so/60NWXZixI#/main > > I keep articles open in a tab until I get bored of me not reading them. > Books I hoard and I read constantly during the year, around 40 books. > > I have assumed it's impossible to read everything that's published out > there that interests me, so I prioritize books and I don't go crazy > about it. I'm missing stuff, but at least I'm also reading relevant > texts. > > I agree pretty much with this paragraph from the linked article: > > > To return to information overload: this means treating your "to read" > > pile like a river (a stream that flows past you, and from which you > > pluck a few choice items, here and there) instead of a bucket (which > > demands that you empty it). After all, you presumably don't feel > > overwhelmed by all the unread books in the British Library – and not > > because there aren't an overwhelming number of them, but because it > > never occurred to you that it might be your job to get through them > > all. > > Cheers, > > -- > José María (Chema) Mateos || https://rinzewind.org > _______________________________________________ > Silklist mailing list > Manage your membership here: > https://lists.digeratus.in/postorius/lists/silklist.lists.digeratus.in/ -- *Get your 'vaccine' from 'fake news', lies, half-truths, manipulated truths, propaganda and general B.S. at my media buddhi newsletter <https://mediabuddhi.substack.com/>.* H R Venkatesh Director, Training and Research, BOOM <https://www.boomlive.in/> Twitter: @hrvenkatesh
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