Sostratus
Sostratus t1_j012488 wrote
I've found that a word flashing tool like this is helpful at first, especially for the people who feel like it isn't even possible:
https://tools-unite.com/tools/speed-reading-app
Using something like this, if I focus, I absolutely can read at a much faster rate than an internal monologue can keep up with.
Unfortunately I don't have any advice for a next step though. Looking at actual printed words on a page I can speed read, sometimes, but it's always remained too much of an exerted effort for me to take over full time.
And by the way research on this shows that comprehension doesn't suffer for people who are used to it.
Sostratus t1_jdseg5g wrote
Reply to How are you viewing the prospect of retirement in the age of AI? by Veleric
Part of the meaning of the word "singularity" is that you can't plan past it. It would be a period of such wildly rapid change and sensitive dependence on small details that you can't reasonably foresee afterward. It's not just AI itself, but all the other tech that could spring out of it.
Individually, I'm not sure it should alter anyone's plans beyond the already prevalent possibility of tech threatening your job and trying to position your self to be resilient to losing your job or changing jobs. On a policy level, we should try to organize so that more people work less rather than some people working not at all and some still working full time. Technology obviating jobs ought to be a good thing and only poor social planning can make it otherwise.