Here are all of the published videos of this 5 episodes series Part 1: Hurry Sickness kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n9t5jdiGqLHIaGg.html Part 2: Slow reading kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oNFhjL152ZnIoIE.html Part 3 Aura kzfaq.info/get/bejne/edtdZqhj2bvUl4k.html

I've always been a slow reader and I never understood how people I knew could read so fast. It made me feel really dumb at times. But I've come to love reading slowly because it gives me time to play everything I'm reading out in my mind. I even end up developing different voices for characters and make it a little movie in my brain. It makes reading way more enjoyable to me and I can retain the story or information so much better.

As a librarian, libraries are one of the only public spaces where people can exist without paying for anything. Making these spaces as open as possible for a diverse set of experiences, not just reading, is crucial. That said, having a large reading room or a reading floor that prioritizes silence, focus, and reading, fulfills this need while still acting as a center for community resources.

I am South Korean but, in S.Korea I think, students including me are almost forced to read fast directly and indirectly because we have to comprehend ridiculously long writings in order to solve problems in limited time in exam. That means, reading speed can affect students' grade in school. And since school grades are very important in living S.Korea and I wasn't a "fast reader" I almost felt guilty of it but, I stumbled across this video! It came as a consolation to me. I think the current world needs more appreciation to slow readers. Thanks for such a gread video!

"it's not even really about speed, it's about regaining the quality of the experience that we lose in the process of speeding up" --> so true, and brilliantly conveyed 🙏

This is something that musicians have always known. Slow practice sets in the brain much better than hurried practice. I believe this principle is applicable to many other disciplines and experiences in life.

Slow living in general changes everything. Health improves, sleep deepens, happiness increases. Slow everything down.

My mom and I like to discuss books we've both read. She reads a book a day and I read a book in about a week. She has great grasp of the plots and remembers all of the character names. I like to map out on paper all the relationships. And I appreciate the nuance and the poetry of the author's expression. Since I'm an editor, I like to pay attention to sentence construction and punctuation. We each come away with what we want from reading. We're both retired so don't have the pressure of having to squeeze our reading experience into busy days.

It has been interesting to watch the rise of the “slowness movement” as a reaction to tech-heavy efficiency culture. I lived this way accidentally in my 20s, disconnecting from the grid and from my social and economic expectations to travel leisurely and live in a van. It was the happiest time of my life, and led to my most vivid memories and most sincere relationships. I’ve read some books that touch on this - In Praise of Slowness by Honoré and a book by Jay Griffiths called A Sideways Look At Time.

As a child I was a natural speed reader and would go through an entire book every night. My mom was desperate because she could barely keep up with library visists :D But when I went to University and started reading both academic books that were very dense with information as well as classics with beautiful language, I started to realise that I was missing out on a lot by reading that fast. I was just skimming through books and didnt really remember important words or was able to appreciate the prose. Trying to read slow again is really hard and annoying, but its so worth it!

This is actually one of my problems these days. I love reading slow and to dive in more when I am studying but school is just too much, they just want everything to be pour into our minds like a sponge. They are more of a memorizing game than a learning place

I recently retired after 27 years as an elementary school teacher. I taught every grade from pre-K to 6th. And, of course, I taught reading every day of my career. Along with sound pedagogy and best practices, who we are as people greatly affects how we teach. Over the years of my career, the total number of words that a student decoded within a minute, not necessarily understood, became a basic data point with which to evaluate a student not only as a reader, but also to assess their future trajectory as a learner. I am and have always chosen to be a slow reader. I always taught the program selected by my school district and I always administered the assessments and evaluations mandated by them, too. But nearly every day I shared with my students the fact that throughout my years as a student and my professional years as a teacher, I was always the slowest reader in the room. However, I also shared the fact that I was almost always the one who best understood and was best able to make use of the text.

I'm shocked at the quality of the video, and how you convey the information so clearly. Congratulations ! I didn't know your channel, but I'll follow

My uncle was a wooden furniture craftsman and was used to say : "quickly made, wrongly made. Fast and smart doesn't exist." He was used to add : "If you want to make something good at once, then make it bad twenty times beforehand." Interesting video, thanks for sharing.

It reminds me of Ray Bradbury talking about Fahrenheit 451. He said everyone was exposed to a multitude of ideas, but not many of them actually explored them or understood them intimately. So much extensity but not nearly enough intensity.

I find this video extremely important for me. Even though I'm more of an artist than a writer. Often, when I try to draw fast, I end up skipping important steps and messing up the drawing. I realize now that regardless of whether you're drawing or writing, a little patience goes a long way. 😊🎨

I agree that doing something slowly can create a deeper connections and emotions for you and the things you do. I realized that when I travel alone, I was able to capture the surroundings more. It feels like I tend to rush on what to do and what to see and fail to capture the best sceneries and the spirit of the place when I travel with people.

This really comforted me. My friends and family have always remarked, even sometimes be annoyed by the fact that I am slow, or at least take a long time, in just about everything I do: eating, reading, studying, walking, washing, you name it. So watching this video has made me feel somewhat validated that I don’t have to be ashamed for taking my time, and that it may actually be a good thing 😌

Though I'm a little disappointed that the video was not at all the psychological deep dive I expected from the title-there was only the briefest mention of slower reading leading to more qualitative connections in thinking-the overall musings on the architecture of libraries and other reading spaces definitely has me intrigued! I'm glad this popped up in my recommendations and I will be checking out more of your work. Thank you!

I used to read like crazy. Literally, I was the chick who would stay up all night and get in trouble for reading and being tired the next day! Now, I've really had to adapt and still am with most of the learning being online. I think it is beneficial as a person who can learn a lot visually, but it also feels hard to fully focus on one thing at a time. When I see more laptop space, and "trendy" spaces, I also see space where it will be noisier and harder to focus. That makes me anxious as a student, but also just as a human who wants to be able to have clear thoughts.

The irony of me watching this video on KZfaq at double speed.

Another note - if you really want to read slowly, try challenging yourself with learning a new language. I've decided to learn ancient Greek, which means a mostly new alphabet, new grammar rules etc...I'll admit, it's tough. However, there is something immensely satisfying to go from looking at a nearly unintelligible paragraph one minute, and then finally deciphering meaning 30 minutes later. Given the connection between Greek and English, I'm also coming to a new appreciation for the meaning behind some modern words.

I personally read alone in a small room with no distractions. This allows me to open up the theater of my mind. I think of it as an art. It lets me drift through whatever it is I'm reading.

the fact that silent reading was "invented" and not really common at the beginning blew my mind 😅

I like how you bring philosophical elements into your presentation, Dami. I enjoy listening to and contemplating your ideas about how objects and memories meld together in the individual, and how spaces themselves have imprints on our other senses, not just the proprioception sense.

It's truly amazing how she turned the subject back into architecture

I remember reading somewhere that professors read slower compared to other people. This might sound against the grain opinion but I think people are less studious these days. Alot of learning today is done passively through watching videos that must be "entertaining". There is less active learning where you are required to apply your ability to focus on what you are learning. So a lot of the learning people gain is similar to watching movies where they use tricks to gain your attention. So this seems like fast learning but it is actually unregulated learning.

I think that this slowing down from the daily stress is also one of the huge benefits of meditation, while getting lost in a book can broadly be referred to as getting lost in others' thoughts, taking time and getting lost in your own thoughts or focusing on a certain topic can be very fulfilling in its own right

Just came across your KZfaq channel. Blown away. I’m a real estate developer it’s nice to hear other professionals think deeply about their craft and the impact of what they do on the built environment. Keep up the good work.. I too am a slow reader 😊

Excellent video. Please design a library with the reader in mind. We have enough coffee bars and lunch rooms. In recent years whole bookstores and museums have been transformed into coffee bars and lunch rooms.

This really made me appreciate reading once more. I haven’t touched any of my books in a while, though I’ve been meaning to read a new collection that had been gifted to me. I’m a very slow reader and so I often feel embarrassed when I carry around the same 200-paged book for months, but I just can’t help reread a certain sentence or paragraph or chapter over and over again until the words are engraved in my soul like the air I breathe.

Ironically, I am watching this at 2x speed.

Fantastic video. Watched every second.

Doesnt feel like i’m watching a youtube video, rather a high quality thought provoking short movie! Really bravo, for all your efforts and the results - it really is a joy to watch, think, analyze and discover things alongside you in this channel 🙌🏻✨🥰

I’ve always used reading out loud to share my love for a work or a passage, and it changes the entire experience of reading. Suddenly every word is filled with accent and meaning, and the emotion of the scene drags me along into it. I shudder to think about all the kids who were forced to read aloud to the class as a punishment for not paying attention and how that has cheapened our feeling for public reading.

The amount of insight and creative ideas packed in this 11 min video is astonishing. You have a deep, quasi-mystical relation to buildings that is fascinating to hear you articulate. Looking forward to more videos!

This is probably the most creatively constructed video I have ever seen. You are a true artist.

I strictly read slow, sounding out each word. I find this makes me appreciate the wording more, and helps improve my own writing. Also with speed reading I feel the likelihood of misreading is pretty high.

I recall a couple of teachers I had in Grade School that tormented the slow readers. Reading as fast as possible during my developing years affected my learning greatly. I could read fast but was so far ahead of myself I could not comprehend what was read. Unfortunately, it took me far too long to realize this which cost me dearly. What I have done to ease my pace is to read along with an audio book.

When I took college physics we tore through the texts so quickly that although I did well in the course, I was not able to really use and apply any of this very interesting knowledge without having to return to the material and take my time to decipher the material once again. It is very enjoyable to let the book teach you. As long as you’re a good student, it is a patient instructor.

I've discovered this channel a few months ago and it's easily one of the best content on KZfaq for me at the moment.

1. The video discusses the impact of speed reading and the ways in which we adapt our reading habits to consume as much information as possible in as little time as possible. 2. The speaker, an architect, explores how slow reading can be beneficial and shares her personal experience of reading slowly. 3. The history of silent reading is discussed, including how it was a foreign concept in the dark ages and how it became the normal way of reading in the 12th century after the invention of punctuation. 4. Reading is a complex activity that involves at least two stages: seeing the word and considering it by reconstructing the code of signs through a chain of connections in the brain. 5. Slow reading and experiencing space are both complex processes of understanding the world, and slowing down can lead to greater pleasure, comprehension, and transformation. 6. The slow movement is not about doing things as slowly as possible or about speed, but about regaining the quality of the experience that we lose in the process of speeding up.

I always take things in my time, never speed up or raise expectations higher than I can reach, our life as architects is full of levels, reach one at a time, don't fly all over the levels and lose your balance, just chill, and focus at what you want, and what you feel that you want, such as knowledge, reading, information block, sleep. Reading is an art, you need to fully immerse your spirit and self-conscience in what are you reading, so it is all part of the balance.

I read slowly too. Imagination is powerful. A whole new universe is created while a read a book doesn't matter what genre I'm reading. Different voices for different characters and even their intonations their emphasis on the dialogues. It's all automatic. When you read fast you can't enjoy those moments. Also i stop during my reading when i find something meaningful and try to experience what the characters are feeling. It's such a goooood feeeling ❤☺️ And also you're really gorgeous. I love your eyes 😍👀

It’s about dip yourself into the reality and absorb, the sensations, the movements, then the vividness and pleasures came out of it.

It's almost criminal how this video hasn't reached a million views yet. It's so rare to see videos with passion such as this and the amount of creativity put is stunning. The idea is so personal and heart whelming, as an architecture student, it pains me how almost every thesis proposal has to be "something new" something that hasn't been done before, the constant need for something new is painstaking and tiresome.

I've always been an avid reader and have read a lot of books, but recently I had to admit to myself that I read slower than most other people (that are used to reading, not counting people I know that don't like it). I like savouring experiences, eating slowly, noticing the small things and taking the time to think about things I've read, see what emotions they evoke and how they fit in with my world view, if I can learn anything from them. Thank you very much for the video, the pacing was very fitting as well

Damn, I discovered your channel yesterday and I already love it. The whole aspect of widening the boundaries of architectural mindset to many more aspects of life is just phenomenal. Keep the good work, all the best! :)

I’m an expat in the Philippines. I have another expat friend who walks everywhere (slow travel), because he says you miss so much when you have even slow transport. He’s done a several videos where he explores Cebu City that most people never see as the speed by. Another expat made videos where all he did was walk around the same area of downtown Cebu City, and it was quite different from the ones where people speed from tourist site to tourist site. As my friend says, sometimes the journey is just as important as the destination.

I love this topic! After reading Stephen Fry's `The Ode Less Travelled` I'll often read paragraphs out loud (or mouthing the words without vocalising them) and get so much more out of a good book. It ephasises the rythm and feel of the words - highlights variation in pace, gives a greater "bounce" to alliteration, etc. A well written book is so much more than simply a container for ideas.

Thank you for the very high quality production and content. It was a pleasure to watch.

Circumstance have set me up to slow read Yasmina Reza's Dawn, Dusk or Night. It was already a good book to me. Checking the meaning of words and references, looking at maps for places mentioned, researching events and so forth as well as attending to the phrases (!) has been mind expanding. I could comment on the translation paradigm. A slow read, a deliberate read adds revelations that might have otherwise been lost in the gloss.

“Regaining the quality of the experience” is absolutely GORGEOUSLY said.

growing up I could never really get into books due to the fact that I was always pressured to read fast, especially in class. Now I take my time with reading even if I takes me a while to finish a book😅. I loved the quality of this video! the shots and overall vibe that this video has is amazing. I'm so glad that I got this recommended! ^^

I watched just one video of yours, and you already are one of my favorite creators. Thank you so much for this amazing video ❤

Your videos are excellent. They do exactly what I want, and frankly most material out there (about anything) fails to do: tie things together. You show the deep connections that make us go "aha!" in understanding something we already knew but didn't really understand about society or life. You epitomize multiple epiphanies in each video, in other words. That doesn't happen without a lot of deep research and dedication, so I'm shocked I am only now finding your channel and hope KZfaq promotes it more to its natural audience: people like me, who watch all the good science and educational channels. You belong up there near the top of the list in terms of the very high value of your content. Great job.

You don’t have to be efficient. You don’t have to be organised. You don’t have to be quick You don’t have to make the best use of your time Your tension shows in your voice. Relax. Take a deep breath. Lift your voice. Wear blue around your throat. Feel good.

YOU are the blessing. The quality of your videos, of the editing, the rich content, the music; everything in your KZfaq channel is just amazing. It's a channel that makes me smarter and think. It's an antiscroll content. I am completely fond of your channel. My deepest thanks for this video and the others.

I love reading slowly. Letting my imagination run wild.

I was a slow reader and still am. When I was younger it used to make me feel like an idiot compared to my classmates, especially since we were graded in reading speeds. It just took me longer to process things and I’d often need to re read things to understand them. When I got older I started skimming so I could read faster. I was tried of being seen as an idiot and it slowly made me hate reading more and more as school sucked the fun out of it. It became competitive, and my only goal was to be seen as smart. Soon I wouldn’t actually read books. Id lie about finishing them early. Id start books, become frustrated with my pace, grow bored of them, then pick up a new one. I never finished books like this. It made understanding texts even harder for me because I thought that If I couldn’t do it fast then I was just an idiot. It wasn’t until I started reading for *myself* when I thought something was interesting to me - with no tie to an academic goal that I was slowly able to read as I did again.

Early in elementary, I was told by teachers during speed reading tests that I was able to perfectly callback and understand in detail the text I just read, but since I wasn't able to finish the text in time, I needed to learn how to read faster, but whenever I tried, I would never be able to call back information nearly as detailed. They wanted me to be able to do both. Fast forward however long later in highschool, I'm in all the ap English classes that are all about preparing for that final, bullshit test. Everything that involved "read this poem and answer 10 multiple choice questions about it in, hmm, let's say 10 minutes" you know, a minute per question, no leeway to give you time to actually read the poem, I failed all of them. Yet I did so well on every essay I wrote where I actually, y'know, had time to read the material I was basing the essay on. And I just don't do well under timed pressure in general, so that compared with my slow reading and these ridiculous and frankly useless expectation kinda traumatized me and made me really not enjoy reading anymore. And they wonder why so many young people hate reading now. Oh right, it's those damn phones, gotcha gotcha

This video is amazing! Thank you so much for all the work that you're doing and for sharing with us! In the place I live I never really find a real good focusing atmosphere library, my old school had this little library with very nice sunlight, and a good amount of different books about everything, but I needed to sit in the ground very far away from the tables, hiding myself behind the books shelfs to really get all my brain in the book. I was reading and there I would have fun and fall into the words so deeply that I would forget the lunch time.

That was great. There was so much more in the video than expected from the title. Just like that (snapping fingers), you have renewed my love of architecture, reading and photography. Thanks for posting.

NIcholas Carr is the author of a book called The Shallows: What The Internet Is Doing To Our Brains, and though I have not yet finished it, he taps into this idea of speed reading or scanning pages for the words we are looking for and how it actually changes the physicality of the brain that deals with this. One of my best remembered afternoons was reading a novel in Hyde Park, not exactly a quiet space, but it still allowed for immersion into the book, with these little punctuated pauses to look up from the page every now and then and reflect on everything else that was going on around me. Like, the book and the reading in that space, made for the perfect conditions to create a lovely memory of just time passing by. New to your channel as of today and very much enjoying it!💛

Besides to improve comprehension and to have immersive experience with my imagination, I read books slowly as a gesture of appreciation to the author of the book. Because as an artist, I know it's not easy to create things, generally speaking. It takes a lot of effort and dedication. And this also applies when it comes to writing

I sincerely liked your video, the feelings in both my body and mind were peacefully, because I gave my attention to it. It's something that I do rarely, but I reckon when we gave the necessary time to things they become awesome. I support this, LET'S LIVE SLOWLY ♡

1. To the Quik: I really enjoyed [Slow Reading]. "To sound out & to read the words". 2. To the Point: However, enter [Test Taking], [Multiple Books] & [Subjects] to read, in order to pass the tests, had made [increasing your reading speed] the difference between [Outstanding] or [Slow]! Reward Behavior! Amen.

That's such an important point about reading slowly in order to help foster pleasure, comprehension and transformation. When I turned 40 I lamented that I felt as though I read books much more slowly than I did when I was much younger. I worried this was because of stress or distraction, but then I came to realize it was actually a good thing. It was because with my greater life experience at an older age, I had more thoughts to call upon and memories to be stimulated as I read the words on the page. I ceased to stress about my 'slow' reading and moved to savor the process of reading instead, focusing more on the quality of the books I was choosing to read rather than thinking purely in terms of speed.

Dami, this was such a thought-provoking video. As somebody who has only understood my own affliction with ADHD since I was diagnosed at 28, "slow" (but like, really slow) reading is the only way I've ever known. I thought it was interesting how you called out society on speeding up all aspects of life, such as eating, and related it to reading. Particularly interesting to me is how you've explained the ways in which libraries have changed. Most of my memories of libraries are from when I was a child; I wonder how much the spaces have changed in ways I didn't expect since then. Thank you for making this video. You've given me a lot to think about.

You have made an observation that is not only solidly founded but one that is going to determine the futures of many around the world ...the experience act and experience of reading is, as you said so much more involved than just the act, mentally, intellectually, physically, and I posit spiritually. Shalom

I recently found your channel and by any standards it is the best i have ever seen. Love your content❤

Oh, wow, this is blowing my mind. I have always been slow at pretty much everything, and when I make myself go fast due to deadlines or other expectations, I usually feel so anxious and stressed out. I've always adored reading, and I usually read very slowly. I don't like audiobooks for the most part because I feel like I'm missing things and the experience isn't entirely my own. (There's a person reading it to me with their own interpretation, at their chosen speed.) I would say I'm highly sensitive and an empathetic deep feeler as well, and now I'm wondering how this connects with my slowness. Thank you for helping me better understand myself.

As an autistic person with ADHD and Tourette's reading has always been challenging and an ambivalent love of mine. I must always read deeply and slowly or else no difference would be made by not having read at all. Almost everything I read I must read twice just not to break attention; and it's exhausting for me to track my eyes for long. It's exceedingly rare that I find myself getting lost in a text, more commonly I lose focus, my mind wanders, and I've absorbed nothing in the last page, or five minutes of reading. I used to feel shame that I could not read as quickly or effortlessly as others, but I've learned that it's a gift as well as a curse. While I'll never be able to read for leisure, it's simply too energy demanding, when I produce the time and motivation to do it it's immensely gratifying and I obtain a thorough understanding of what I've read. When someone reads Dune and neither takes its meaning nor enjoys it I expect it's because they read too quickly to consider the implications of its particulars and their thematic integrity. When I read the works of Kant I find them hard to parse but not to be unclear, they're just precise and dense and so demand to be read closely. It took me longer than a year to read Moby-Dick but I understand it as a comprehensive counterthesis of every internally consistent philosophical, theological, or ideological doctrine which claims to teach how one ought to live one's life from which emerges a flexible, mutable, usable perspective on how one ought to live one's life. The way my brain computes information may be slow but it is of good quality. I'll never wish my brain could change, it is my dearest treasure. I'd encourage anyone, especially the neuro-typical, to practise reading more slowly and thoughtfully than usual, I don't believe anyone comprehends better the more quickly they read. To anyone who has read this far I hope you did so slowly.

I love to immerse into a book, let the story roll over me. I have done for 55 years of enjoying slow reading.

I've watched a few of your episodes now and wanted to say thanks for including anthropology into several of your videos. These are wondeful and thoughtful videos.

I've always been a slow reader. Each word sounding in my head as if being read aloud, or performed as a radio drama. I grew up listening to radio dramas and still enjoy them. This allows retention of almost everything I read, but doing homework readings in school took hours. I've never gotten the hang of speed reading.

You’re most definitely gonna grow alot bigger with this level of video production. Always felt kind of ashamed whenever I saw videos on how to read stories faster and I just couldn’t rlly get it cuz I hated missing things out but now I feel more comfortable with myself as it’s not a bad thing

your videos is one of the few that I truly respect

Ma'am I loved how you smile and your expression as well as your existence. Thank you.

I really respect and feel grateful for the fact that I actually felt like I could breathe, as I watched your video. It doesn't feel like it's being forced down my throat like a lot of media lately

I can endorse your approach to reading. All of my conscious life I have been a relatively slow reader. My first teachers encouraged me to read for meaning, to relish the rhythms and respond to punctuation. Bless them. Later I was urged to speed up and not read each syllable with my tongue. Some teachers noted that I was left-handed, and that I was ambidextrous - thus planting some doubts in my mind. Slow reader, slow brain, hmm. Yet I loved reading, I loved words and their etymology. I became a language teacher and became well-known as a story-teller and reader of poetry. At the age of 83 I read deeply every day and recall most of what I read. Bless you.

You are just what I’ve been looking for on KZfaq. Someone that’s passionate about something that really matters. Happily subscribing! ❤

I was one of those people who was really slow to learn to read as a child. However when I did learn I read and read. I ended up in a job where out of thousands of employees I was frequently asked to write detailed reports for the boss and legal teams. Slow reading is a skill and a pleasure. It is a time to slowly absorb information and reflect. I liken fast information to fast food and slow information to whole organic food. If you can take your time to enjoy and understand what you are reading. Stop at the end of the page and reflect on what you have read. In this there is joy. I wish you well.

Being an EE engineer in the fast digital age, time is always on an urgent demand. Whether it is designing a chip, developing software, marketing a product, we often have barely enough time to accomplish whatever in front of us. Deep thought is a luxury that we cannot afford on a lot of cases. Just work, work, work. I found this video series by accident, while taking a break from my binge-watching a bunch of EE classes on youtube during this Thanksgiving week. Very fascinating. Ironically, I need to go back to my classes right now. I will watch more later. Perfectly agree that we miss a lot of detail while doing fast walking, working, reading... There are a lot of beauty in the detail. Thanks a lot for the video. Very high quality.

Dami, thank you for making this video! The whole idea that people had to invent reading silently was completely new to me. I found it utterly fascinating. Also, the concept that the architecture of libraries changes depending on how people read is fascinating. I had no idea that new libraries have taken out their stacks of books! All my life the stacks of books were what a library was about!

Thank you for your video :) You raise some really thought-provoking things and in so many areas. Also, I really like the set-up you've created for when you're talking in your room at the camera. The background composition, lighting, etc. is all so visually pleasing.

You're my favorite KZfaqr for years, and I would love to support you financially but I'm just a student with no income. I hope you continue filming and one day I can thank you for everything you taught me. ❤️

Girl this is one of the best quality videos I’ve seen in a long time … can see the artistry and effort you put into it I LOVE IT SO MUCH

🥰 I’m so glad you were in my suggested videos! I love informative videos like this! When I grew up in the 80’s, they were pushing “speed reading.” Unfortunately I was one of the gifted ones in this area and received permission to attend a special class for this. I’ve been struggling to slow down and enjoy a book my entire life. I appreciate the concept that you presented. I will give slow reading a try today, and enjoy the moment of calmness. 🥰

Thank you for this beautiful video. I love the topic your talking about but also how much effort you put in making this video. It must have been so much work. So thank you very much.

I love all of these videos you make, hope the library turns out perfect!

This is why I’ve always struggled with those “how to read fast” techniques I always tried to implement in high school. Like yeah I was reading it but I wasn’t absorbing any information. You can just toss out the nuance and subtleties of the readings which is where I get most of my main take always from a work.

I like this idea of slowness, not only in reading, in every aspect of our lives we can try to practice it. Everyday in our life we are in a rat race, always running after something, when a goal finishes then another one starts quite shortly. We are missing the very essence of life in this process. We have no time to see, hear, smell, feel, touch and ponder. We end up ourselves in blindfolded robots where the experience of life has no significance at all. We are in love with quantity but not with quality. It is high time to slow down the pace of our progress. We don't want to meet our ends so quickly.

At some point speed reading killed the pleasure of reading for me. Chapters that used to take moments to read now take minutes, or sometimes even an hour if I get caught up trying to think of how something may unfold. The moments of thinking “what if” are so much more enjoyable than just mindlessly reading a book like it’s a research paper.

I really like the style of this video, the soundtrack, filter, script and the way of the video was flowing. Congratulations!

not only do i appreciate the accessibility of this information by you making videos on youtube but as an anthro major i would have DEFINITELY TAKEN THIS as a college course and spewed everything i learned to all my friends lol. i very much appreciate this movement of slowness and love to see how culture is reflected physically + how our physical world affects our culture!

I've always been a fairly slow reader; I was in my mid-thirties and had to take a an entrance exam in logic for continuing education. They were able to determine from the results that I'm dyslexic and only have about 60% retention of what I read. It explained a whole lot! It's a completely different language processing brain structure. Most of us are ambidextrous and think waaaay outside the box as well. Good stuff!!

My God woman. These reflections, this relation to reality, these ideas. This passion. What does this say about or relation to knowledge? Solidifying the changes in our values. Where were you when I went to college? Which I did when you were born, I would guess. I'm binge watching - if there is a specific order I am supposed to watch these videos I've lost it. Can't stop listening to you thoughts - I need to pause a lot though, have to catch up, decide what I think and my own perceptions. A bit frustrating to not be able to process all the thoughts you provoke with you in a dialogue - but that is the KZfaq format. I'm going to round off with something like "keep up the good work" or somesuch, because I want you to but I don't know how Canadians express that. But like I said its KZfaq and so you'll understand.

Quick Quiz: Did anyone recognise the 12 second film clip from 02:08 ? Q1. 10 points for the title? Q2. 5 points for the star of the film? Q3. 15 points for his side-kick? . . A1. The Name Of The Rose A2. Sean Connery A3. Christian Slater Thanks for playing! 🙂

It's always good when someone remember you that there's always another way of perceiving things around you. And in this case, it's even more helpful and meaningful, given the context and the concept you were talking about. Simply thank you!