How quick wins can betray you

I have been running a book club for many years. It started as a small gathering where we would share our learnings and thoughts from the designated book of the month. However, we encountered various types of unwelcome participants. Some people hated reading and joined only for socializing. Others merely skimmed through Wikipedia and pretended to have read the book. There was even someone who attempted to sell insurance during our meetings. Among them, one participant stood out vividly in my memory. He claimed to have “read the book,” but the more we talked, the stronger I felt that he had no idea what he was talking about. Then he explained that he had obtained an 8-page summary of the book and hadn’t actually read the entire book. I was shocked. For me, reading meant going through a book from cover to cover — an act of concentration, immersing myself in the words, and engaging in the process of contemplation. I was facing a new generation that defined reading as “quickly skimming through summaries”, and at that time, I couldn’t clearly articulate why it bothered me so much. I even questioned whether I had become a stubborn old person who couldn’t accept different points of view. Recently, I have noticed that many people are even listening to audiobooks at double speed while running on a treadmill. For them, the purpose of reading is solely to acquire the information written in a book. They believe that relying on an 8-page summary or listening at double speed are methods to pursue “efficiency.” They view reading as a time-consuming activity and have found ways to shorten it. How efficient, right? Spending hours reading a single book is considered a waste of time by them. <a href="https://uxdesign.cc/how-quick-wins-can-betray-you-fbe5f075dccf">Read More</a>