What's better - books or summaries?

[Magnanimous]

Lemme know

[flyingguitarist]

Better in terms of ? 

i use summaries to get preview and screen out potential books to read

[hyruga]

Depends on the scenarios. 

Sometimes you need to read the book to internalise the concepts more deeply. 

But sometimes, you just need a quick overview.

[TheWatcher]

 

https://blas.com is a great spot for summarised books

4 minutes ago, hyruga said:

Sometimes you need to read the book to internalise the concepts more deeply. 

^ most deep learning comes from emotional insertion via Storytelling, when you invest your attention into a book there's more to extract. 

You may be different but summaries don't tell the whole story. best of luck! 

 

[gettoefl]

read the last chapter of any book 1st, watch the last 5 mins of any youtube/netflix/movie 1st, preview the end of any course before you study it

you're welcome

[Preety_India]

If I don't have too much time, I demand a summary. 

Otherwise book reading is best. 

 

[Seeker_of_truth]

I read books because its enjoyable. Sometimes summaries with their one liners are not enough, I need more explanation for why something is true. That is why I prefer books. But sometimes I do read summaries to decide if I want to read a book or not. Downside about summaries is not everyone learns the same things from a book. For one, insight A might be relatable and thus deemed useful where as another might not understand it and simply ignore it. So I don't rely 100% on summaries to say anything about the book.