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Reading as a System w/ Bram Adams | Wireframe Live

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Highlights

In this podcast, the guest, Bram Adams, shares his journey from computer science to exploring creative writing with early GPT-3, and delves into a systems-thinking approach to reading. The conversation redefines reading not just as a passive activity, but as a dynamic system with stocks, flows, and feedback loops, offering practical strategies to improve focus and comprehension in a fragmented digital world.
08:49
Books are ordered symbol sets
22:28
Reading is like fitness for cognitive improvement.
28:21
Curiosity and intellectual life are ends in themselves.
39:11
Skim table of contents and random chapters to find life-improving books.
44:03
A commonplace system enables pattern-matching across contexts.
59:03
Not reading deprives one of deep intellectual and emotional beauty.

Chapters

From Computer Science to Creative Writing: A Systems View of Reading
00:00
Is Fragmented Reading Ruining Our Ability to Think Deeply?
13:58
Deep Reading vs. Summaries: Why Curiosity is an End in Itself
25:23
How to Rediscover Your Reading Motivation at a Bookstore
36:52
The Commonplace System: A Practical Guide to Note-Taking and Revisitation
41:39
Reading 500 Books: Favorite Reads and the Beauty of Intellectual Life
54:05

Transcript

Donnie D'Amato: Hey, good to see you. Thanks for coming. This is another episode of Wireframe brought to you by Design Systems House. I'm your host, Donnie D'Amato. And today we're going to be talking about reading as a system. Sorry, it was a little bit l...