Comments on: Flip Your Laptop and Read this Sideways

By: Bryson

Bryson — Sat, 05 Oct 2024 02:14:17 +0000

I enjoyed your title, it caught my attention and caused me to read your post. I completely understand what you are saying about the book repeating itself. How many different ways can they tell us about SIFT? I appreciated the analogy you opened with. Instead of repeating what they said about going lateral, you mixed it up and had us curious what point you were going to make. It is an extremely important point to make that we do not know everything and it is better to hear multiple opinions, but this book has got to have more applicable information in store for us.

By: Ktyria

Ktyria — Sat, 28 Sep 2024 18:18:54 +0000

I totally get what you’re saying about the repetition in the readings—it feels like they keep circling back to the same points, just reworded. But maybe that’s the point? Like the whole idea of fact-checking and using context is so essential that they’re drilling it in from different angles. I think it’s a bit like muscle memory; they want us to instinctively fact-check before we click on anything or assume we know what’s going on, especially online. Also, I laughed at the Paris Hilton comment! You’re right though—most of us don’t have the luxury of monetizing ignorance, so we’ve got to stay sharp!