Rao Reading Algorithm (2024)

alexpotato 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

An "algorithm" that I used to great effect in business school was the following:

- Most well written books start each paragraph with a thesis statement

- The next couple sentences are usually in support of that thesis statement

- The final sentence of the paragraph is usually the thesis statement again

- Ergo, if you are in a hurry, just read the first sentence of each paragraph.

A friend had to read a book in only 3 hours and was lamenting that she didn't have time to read and I suggested the above.

She came back the next day and said:

"Everyone had only read the first 1/3 of the book but I had 'read' the whole thing and looked like a genius!"

PS I also made it through 3 out of the 4 semesters of business school without buying any of the books/pamphlets etc but that is a story for another time.

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jackallis 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

dont people just read for fun; grab a book and streach out in the lawn, deck or beach and just read? why does it have to optimized, algorithmized, systamized?

	▲	Eddy_Viscosity2 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Some books are not fun to read but are important to read. These strategies are for those ones, not the fun ones. People read fun books no problem.

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mbeavitt 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You can't tease me with "Algorithm" in the title and then not actually define an algorithm... TL;DR: Read lots of widely acclaimed books that are close to the source of what you want to learn?

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sunrunner 4 days ago | parent [-]

It's a reading equivalent to the Feynman Problem Solving Algorithm (which I personally think is really just a variant of the universal Nike Algorithm applied specifically to problem solving).

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mbeavitt 4 days ago | parent [-]

Is it though? The algorithm you reference is meant to be a joke:

1) Write down the problem.

2) Think real hard.

3) Write down the solution.

This is not a useful algorithm in any sense, apart from that it might be thought provoking.

What's the "universal nike algorithm"? I didn't find anything on google.

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_Algernon_ 4 days ago | parent [-]

I assume it's a play on Nike's tag-line: "Just do it"

	▲	mbeavitt 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		Oh, I get it. Missed the joke.

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KnuthIsGod 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

AI slop...

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_Algernon_ 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

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