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Notes on RSVP pacing, comprehension, and reading tools built for books you want to remember.
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Reading deeply when the machines do the skimming
Skimming was a survival skill for the information age. Now that LLMs skim for us, readers need tools built for deep comprehension.
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How beetread paces every word with an LLM
Classic RSVP shows words at a fixed rate. beetread holds each word for a duration the model derives from cognitive density and lexical complexity, so the hard parts get the time they need.
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Why fixed-pace speed reading fails your memory
Fixed-pace RSVP can push you past 600 words per minute, but comprehension and retention fall off a cliff because one rate ignores what the text is doing.