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@thoughtshrapnel I’m almost embarassed to admit it, but recently I started using NotebookLM to consume summaries of books 🙈.
I know, I know. The funny thing is that I agree about summaries not being ideal, but after years of accumulating books, and an ever-growing list of articles to “read later”, I’m not making any progress. On the other hand, I listen to a lot of podcasts. So I figured, I may as well listen to summaries; and dig into the ones that pique my curiosity. I also feel like many books I try to read would have been better served as a blog post or a conference talk :/. But when I really enjoy a book, it’s not that hard to read it in its entirety (like the last 2 I read completely, Outlive and The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck).
By the way, you recently asked about opinions from regular readers 🙋. This is the type of content I enjoy the most, when you share your opinion or take on some area of lifestyle/self-improvement. I also agree it’s fine to not have an opinion on everything, but I do like hearing other’s opinions (like yours). And I like that you always share the content that sparked your thoughts in case we want to dig deeper (although I seldom do 😅).
I know Thought Shrapnel and your blog are different outlets. But given that I consume both through RSS, I get them on the same firehose and don’t make any distinction.
PS: I tried to log in with my Mastodon account but it didn’t work :/. I wonder how, or if, I’ll be notified if anyone replies to this 😅.