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Originally Posted by FatGuy
[B]like a book that I've been told contains a lot of great educational material that'll help me in my life.
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This is your sticking point right here. The important work was selected for you by someone else: you're reading it out of a sense of duty rather than because it truly interests you.
The sports forums and flashy magazines, in contrast, are topics that snared your interest and convinced you to read even though they have no recognized societal value.
So I think what you're experiencing is perfectly normal. We naturally gravitate to the types of information best suited to our psyche, and tend to remember that information better.
Don't get me wrong! I think it's wonderful to read classic and significant manuscripts, and hope you'll continue doing so. But don't get down on yourself because the learning curve is higher there than on the stuff you've picked out all on your own. I have, quite frankly, forgotten 90% of
Les Miserables and nearly 100% of
War and Peace. I still think I'm a better person for having read them. These things have a way of sinking into your subconscious.
