Photo by the author: part of my home library in Taipei. As an avid reader, I have always wanted to know how to read better. Not faster for the sake of speed. Not more books for the sake of numbers. Better. I read across a strange but satisfying range of subjects. Right now, for example, I am reading the I Ching , The Seal of the Unity of the Three ( Cantong qi ), music theory, historical thrillers by Steve Berry, The Story of Mankind by Van Loon, Destiny Disrupted by Tamim Ansary, and whatever else catches my attention at the right moment. My home reflects that habit. There are books in the bedroom, books in the study, books in the living room, books in the dining area. Stacks on tables. Books beside the bed. Books waiting in corners like quiet companions. I live surrounded by them. And yet, for all that reading, there are still books I bought decades ago and never read, books I got halfway through, books of which I have read only a few pages, or books I skimmed once long ago. I kno...
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