How to Read More (Ep. 21)

The Inforium

Thomas Frank and Martin Boehme

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4.8 • 998 Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2021

⏱️ 71 minutes

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We talk about some of the ways we've been reading and listening to more books lately, even while keeping up with busy schedules.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Thomas Frank. I've just got a quick note for you before we get into the show.
0:03.5	If you've been enjoying the inforium or my videos over on YouTube, then you, my friend,
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0:55.3	I'm glad you're feeling better. How's myapolis or Pineapolis treating you?
1:08.8	It's pretty great. Cool. Well, I was actually, I wanted to hear a little bit about that,
1:15.6	but I suppose we should, you know, at the top of the episode, keep people in on what's going on.
1:21.0	So on this week's episode of The Inforium, we're talking about how to read more.
1:25.8	Because while you truck through books like tomorrow is not coming, almost always. But recently,
1:33.2	I've been reading a lot more. And we're going to talk about that. We're going to talk about some
1:39.6	ways that you can read more. I've been reading it at a pace that you don't normally. So clearly,
1:45.2	there must be some ultra secret. Well, I have two answers. I have two answers.
1:49.9	Two ultra secrets to reading at a accelerated pace. And they're both pretty simple.
1:55.7	So we're going to talk about both of them in this episode. I promise you, they are not mind-blowing,
2:01.1	but they are useful. But yeah, we got project check-in. I have stuff to report, frustrations,
2:07.9	discoveries, revelations. Yeah, you do. But I'm actually curious about like, you've been in Minneapolis
2:14.0	for I think two months now. Yeah, two months in like a week. So I think the what they call
2:21.6	the honeymoon period, like the novelty period is probably started to wear off. Is there an established
2:28.6	average for what people would expect that that would take? Well, I don't know if there's an average.
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