I noticed a while back that the internet has made me terribly prone to skimming. It got to a point where I could hardly stand to read anything longer than a short news article.

To learn anything useful on the internet, you pretty much have to skim. So much of the internet is so loaded with filler and BS that it is hardly worth reading at all.

With ChatGPT, it’s incredibly refreshing to be able to ask a question and get nothing other than a concise answer. No skimming required. I feel so much more focused and better able to learn this way.