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It’s Okay to “Forget” What You Read

Charles Chu
Aug 27, 2017 · 5 min read
“Maybe if I use my finger I’ll retain more of it…”

I write a lot about reading, and one of the most common questions I get is

“What’s the point of reading if I just forget it all anyway?”

Paul Graham, essayist and founder of startup incubator Y Combinator, asks much the same question in his essay How You Know:

“I’ve read Villehardouin’s chronicle of the Fourth…

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