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The Unbearable Lightness of Skimming
by
Lisa Guidarini
In this age of information overload, does anyone read without skimming? I do. When a plot begins to drag, when I see the author beating a dead or ailing horse, when a description goes on for too long, I skim. I do it when I’m reading the newspaper too. One foot out the door, coffee cup in one hand, feverishly turning pages with the other, I employ a mix of speed reading and skimming to hit the news highlights before I hit the road. This has become as much a ubiquitous part of my day as obsessively checking my email, yet another venue for information overload.
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