![]() ![]() are so designed as to make thinking seem unnecessary (though this is only an appearance). The authors begin by highlighting a societal problem that is centuries old, although many think of it as a modern phenomenon: The book sets out to offer the average reader a set of high-leverage intellectual tools that can vastly enhance the depth and value of his reading, and it succeeds its flaws are minor in comparison to its achievements. ![]() ![]() The latter requires several skills that take a lot of practice, such as identifying bad reasoning, extrapolating from incomplete or poorly organized data, and evaluating claims in the proper context. The print version of the book is a hefty 426 pages, all of which explore different aspects of one central idea: the difference between reading as a means of absorbing information uncritically and understanding that information. These words were first written in 1940, in the first edition of How to Read a Book. Nothing less will satisfy the needs of the world that is coming. We must become a nation of truly competent readers, recognizing all that the word “competent” implies. We must be more than a nation of functional literates. New York: Touchstone, 1972 (revised edition) ![]()
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