The Joy of Discovering New Ideas

When reading a book, the speaker expresses that the best thing that can happen is coming across an idea that sparks a new thought. This inspires the speaker to pause reading and delve deeper into the newfound idea, rather than risk losing it to subsequent lines or distractions. The speaker's focus shifts to fully exploring the idea by asking questions about its nature, contents, trajectory, and connections to other concepts. This process is described as the speaker's favorite thing to do while reading.