Slow Learning: Depth over speed in a skim-everything world
Javier W. Case · narrated by Mateo Reyes
2026
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Skimming feels like progress, but it rarely leaves anything behind. This is a case for going slower on purpose: why rereading beats rushing through twice as much, how spaced practice builds understanding that actually sticks, what gets lost when every article and lecture is consumed at double speed, and simple habits for giving fewer things your full attention. Patient, clear-eyed, and built for a mind that wants to actually keep what it learns.
18 chapters
- 1The Starting Point5m
- 2Chapter 1: The Skim Trap11m
- 3Chapter 2: What Slow Learning Really Means12m
- 4Chapter 3: Why Our Brains Crave Speed10m
- 5Chapter 4: One Thing at a Time10m
- 6Chapter 5: The Second Read12m
- 7Chapter 6: Write It By Hand11m
- 8Chapter 7: Explain It Simply13m
- 9Chapter 8: Space It Out9m
- 10Chapter 9: Fewer Sources, Deeper Dives11m
- 11Chapter 10: Making Room for Boredom9m
- 12Chapter 11: Rest Is Part of Learning10m
- 13Chapter 12: Think Out Loud With Others12m
- 14Chapter 13: Your Simple Slow Learning Week11m
- 15Chapter 14: When to Get Extra Support12m
- 16Looking Back3m
- 17About the Author1m
- 18The Rest of the Work1m
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