Iโ€™ve written up some thoughts from my small corner of the room about the process of putting together and posting publicly a list of books I plan to read. As a retired prof, spending time alone with books, Iโ€™ve found it very helpful - in some ways like and in other ways unlike my earlier practice of putting course syllabi together. Iโ€™m interested in what others think about the process. Do you find it helpful to have a #ReadingPlan?

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@bibliolater @bookstodon Even though words like โ€œalwaysโ€ and โ€œneverโ€ make me a little nervous, I think I largely agree

@bibliolater @bookstodon i think usually is (almost) always better than always. ๐Ÿ˜‰

@johnrakestraw @bookstodon Trying to think, type and perform other tasks simultaneously can at times lead to an unfortunate use of words.

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There is no such thing as โ€œmulti-tasking.โ€ <wink> Even computers only do one thing at a time, albeit quickly. Humans, being far less reliable, with a far more complex OS, are far less successful at switching contexts.

The older I get, the more I realize itโ€™s better to concentrate on one task at a timeโ€ฆor maybe itโ€™s dementia.

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@Hippasus500 @johnrakestraw @bookstodon Concentration is the key, some are able to concentrate on more than one thing at a time. Unfortunately for me, I am not one of those people.

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