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Originally Posted by skillachie
I find it so strange that majority of readers would not make highlights in books. Do you think this depends on the genre of the book being read?
I tend to make a lot of highlights for self-help and technical books
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I, on the other hand, find it strange that other people do make highlights. Reading the text reminds me of "highlight" thoughts I had before.
Also, when I tried annotating textbooks way back in the day, I was later just embarrassed by my early lack of insight when re-reading the text. I thought it was better not to advertise that ineptness to whoever picked up the book after me (including myself). I highlighted the stuff I understood was important, but on re-reading later, I found out it was the stuff I didn't highlight (because I didn't understand it at the time) that was really the most subtle part of the text. Learning is a process, and I have no faith that my understanding at any point deserves to be "set in stone" as notes and highlights.
So, I hope you see that annotation and note-taking isn't for everyone.