logseq/pages/Omnivore___12-08-2023___The Secret Power of ‘Read It Later’ Apps.md

full-title:: The Secret Power of ‘Read It Later’ Apps site:: Forte Labs author:: Tiago Forte labels:: productivity date-saved:: 12-08-2023 date-published:: 24-01-2022 date-archived:: 13-08-2023 is-archived:: 10 source:: Omnivore state:: archived

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  * ### Highlights
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	- > Pocket over the course of the year. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/the-secret-power-of-read-it-later-apps-189eb9ce888#80cf319f-6a4e-4f98-acbe-91aa5b56f5a9) 
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	- > The fact is, **the ability to read is becoming a source of competitive advantage in the world**. 
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	   I’m not talking about basic literacy. What has become exceedingly scarce (and therefore, valuable) is the physical, emotional, attentional, and mental capability to sit quietly and direct focused attention for sustained periods of time. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/the-secret-power-of-read-it-later-apps-189eb9ce888#ad1dbab7-888f-4a6d-a2d9-2c9e236208b0)
	- > Attention Deficit Trait. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/the-secret-power-of-read-it-later-apps-189eb9ce888#daee6c92-34d5-4d7e-8c80-f2d918098b98)
	- > intake — the initial assumptions and paradigms that inform its development [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/the-secret-power-of-read-it-later-apps-189eb9ce888#a0b2e5cd-d757-465a-a516-fe3267b3d81d)
	- > to consume good ideas, first you have to consume many ideas. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/the-secret-power-of-read-it-later-apps-189eb9ce888#9949f069-f216-4d9c-802f-e42e9949c06a)
	- > focus. Why don’t you use your task manager to keep track of content (i.e. “Read this article”)? Because the last thing you want to see when you cuddle up with your hot cocoa for some light reading is the hundreds of tasks you’re not doing. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/the-secret-power-of-read-it-later-apps-189eb9ce888#0f4ed15b-745c-4dd4-9476-6da3a09d9497)
	- >  the last thing you want to see when you (finally!) have time to read is the thousands of notes you’ve collected from every corner of the universe, only some of which you haven’t read, only some of which you _want_ to read, only some of which are _meant_ to be read. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/the-secret-power-of-read-it-later-apps-189eb9ce888#5b9274a7-ae64-4e3c-9040-1b0c7588e23c)
	- > I **regularly eliminate 1/3 of my list before reading**. The post that looked SO INTERESTING when compared to that one task I’d been procrastinating on, in retrospect isn’t even something I care about. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/the-secret-power-of-read-it-later-apps-189eb9ce888#5bb9ae8d-6b03-40ea-a2c7-3b348f824e12)
	- > The amount of information in the world is a [progress trap](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress%5Ftrap). Too much stuff to read is just as limiting as too little. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/the-secret-power-of-read-it-later-apps-189eb9ce888#e06fa841-b3c4-45ab-814a-1b4ccfb4ffbb)
	- > we’re moving from a world of **containers** (companies, departments, semesters, packages, silos) to a world of **streams** (social networks, info feeds, main streets of thriving cities, Twitter). [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/the-secret-power-of-read-it-later-apps-189eb9ce888#77936e49-a5e8-4789-9a3a-c451bc6610d4)
	- > more planning, more forecasting, more control and risk management. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/the-secret-power-of-read-it-later-apps-189eb9ce888#f548f0df-79b6-45ce-9f39-718aab7f3cb5)
	- > “exposing yourself to as many different diverse streams as possible.” [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/the-secret-power-of-read-it-later-apps-189eb9ce888#9cfae229-daf4-4c9f-a994-84273f494407)
	- > the ability to juggle and play around with different perspectives on any issue, instead of seeing it through one lens. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/the-secret-power-of-read-it-later-apps-189eb9ce888#3567c3ad-4ad0-4144-a441-d0ab62e6fb91)
	- > Increasingly, the only metric that will matter in your journey of personal growth will be **ROL: Rate-of-Learning** [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/the-secret-power-of-read-it-later-apps-189eb9ce888#f113cec1-503d-4d0b-bb1a-a5b75446c9d7)
	- > **ROL: Rate-of-Learning**. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/the-secret-power-of-read-it-later-apps-189eb9ce888#ef4b5236-2d6f-469d-98c9-c37076196795)
	- > Ideas, while cheap when compared to effective execution, are still more valuable than many of the other things we spend time on. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/the-secret-power-of-read-it-later-apps-189eb9ce888#bb5443db-de3a-49d8-a070-daaf2e54670b)
	- > assimilate and build on the ideas of others. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/the-secret-power-of-read-it-later-apps-189eb9ce888#c073abfa-96c4-4eb6-8957-d933c7b724c2)
	- > assimilate and build on the ideas of others. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/the-secret-power-of-read-it-later-apps-189eb9ce888#60a315be-f1ed-4bcb-939f-647653666c78)
	- > Ideas are high leverage agents. They become more so when arranged in highly cross-referenced networks. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/the-secret-power-of-read-it-later-apps-189eb9ce888#c4cb4fb5-b404-4537-9399-0a0d4822f149) 
	  omnivore-note:: [[ideas]]
	- > Reading is the closest thing we have to thinking another’s thoughts. It’s long and sometimes ponderous, but that work is required to wrap yourself in another person’s paradigm. Which is the first step in madly letting go of your own. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/the-secret-power-of-read-it-later-apps-189eb9ce888#5879ed6c-6777-412b-ad61-9eb015fdb108) 
	  omnivore-note:: #Reading