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Karl Fast on Reading

The Informed Life

Exploring the Role of Reading in Learning and Identity

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In this chapter, they discuss their background in the information space and highlight the importance of being a lifelong reader.

Karl Fast is an independent scholar, information architect, and futurist. He’s the co-author with Stephen Anderson of Figure It Out: Getting From Information to Understanding. Karl is one of the most avid readers I know, and in this conversation, we compare our reading practices. We discussed this subject in preparation for a personal knowledge management workshop we will teach later this year.

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