The Cost of Reading Quano Computing

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There's about a hundred and 12 of them. And so it costs ten to 15 minutes for readers to do each of those repetitions. By the time people get to the fifth repetition, which costs 60, 70, maybe 80 minutescan it depends on where you are, people are able to leave the book alone for a month. Ha, a month pass where they're not engaging with it, they come back and after a month, engage with those hundred and 12 questions and get them right. It actually takes slightly less time for each of those steps. The first thing i got right was two. Then i look the second one. These are spidback questions, which are not un

Software Engineer Andy Matuschak talks about his essay "Why Books Don't Work" with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Matuschak argues that most books rely on transmissionism, the idea that an author can share an idea in print and the reader will absorb it. And yet after reading a non-fiction book, most readers will struggle to remember any of the ideas in the book. Matuschak argues for a different approach to transmitting ideas via the web including different ways that authors or teachers can test for understanding that will increase the chances of retention and mastery of complex ideas.