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longmargin.blog · 7 min · translated閱讀慢一點的理由The case for reading slowly我們讀過的大部分內容，一週之內就忘了。不是因為它不好，而是因為我們從未給它一個落腳的地方。標記一段文字，是一個小小的承諾。
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我們讀過的大部分內容，一週之內就忘了。不是因為它不好，而是因為我們從未給它一個落腳的地方。標記一段文字，是一個小小的承諾。錯誤在於把畫線當成收藏。一整頁的黃色什麼也沒說，因為上面沒有一句是被選出來的。
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我們讀過的大部分內容，一週之內就忘了。不是因為它不好，而是因為我們從未給它一個落腳的地方。
Most of what we read is gone within a week. Not because it was bad, but because we never gave it anywhere to land.
標記一段文字，是一個小小的承諾。
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我們讀過的大部分內容，一週之內就忘了。不是因為它不好，而是因為我們從未給它一個落腳的地方。
解方比印刷術還古老。讀者一直在回應他們的書：寫在頁邊、寫在扉頁，寫在比主人活得更久的摘錄本裡。
標記一段文字，是一個小小的承諾。
一整頁的黃色什麼也沒說，因為上面沒有一句是被選出來的。
Most of what we read is gone within a week. Not because it was bad, but because we never gave it anywhere to land.
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The case for reading slowly
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> small act of commitment.
Mira Okafor · March 4, 2026 · 7 min
The case for reading slowly
The fix is older than the printing press. Readers have always written back to their books.
Marking a passage is a small act of commitment.
A page drowning in yellow says nothing, because nothing on it was chosen.
The useful highlight is rare.
reading-slowly.mdexported
> Marking a passage is a small act
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