Is Blinkist any good?
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October 7th, 2022
Has anyone here used Blinkist? It’s supposed to take books and summarize their main points in 15 minutes. Sounds appealing. But how good a job do they do?
Is the content still good or did it get destroyed by being distilled? Has anyone compared the Blinkist version to the real thing to see how good a job they did summarizing? Is it worth it?
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I’ve never heard of it or used it, but other than a student trying to breeze through assigned books, what is the point? I read for pleasure, for the build up of characters, places and plot lines. You can’t get that in a 15 minute snap shot.
@chyna – This is for non-fiction books. Which, when I was younger, I did read non-fiction for pleasure. The problem is that most non-fiction writers are… well, there’s a certain ‘padding’ of these books that goes on. Some like Why Nations Fail by Robinson & Acemoglu are worth reading all the way through because they give such insightful examples and case studies. Others are REALLY not worth it – like Marx. I feel like I ought to give Marx a fair shot and be more familiar with his work given it’s fame and influence…but when I read his work it’s so bad that it’s hard to stay focused.
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