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Read human writing, not AI summaries
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Last discussed Oct 12, 2026
A rule to read text at the level of summarization its author chose, rather than having an LLM summarize it further.
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Cal Newport · Oct 12, 2026
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Used for: Reading books and articles
Praised: Authors have already compressed the material to the right level
vs: LLM summaries are acceptable only for very long reports where just a few poin...
"Read human writing, not AI summaries of human writing... The book is already a summary of the points. This is an author who's an expert on that topic... You don't need to summarize it further."
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