I don’t think the author disagrees all that much with you. I’m reading his claim as something more like “the default attitude (some) people have towards reading does not set them up for good learning”.
In the essay, he acknowledges the role that effort and metacognition play in making the actual learning happen. The actionable parts I found useful were at the end where he was hypothesizing about improved mediums, e.g. an online textbook with spaced repetition built in to facilitate recall.
I don’t think the author disagrees all that much with you. I’m reading his claim as something more like “the default attitude (some) people have towards reading does not set them up for good learning”.
In the essay, he acknowledges the role that effort and metacognition play in making the actual learning happen. The actionable parts I found useful were at the end where he was hypothesizing about improved mediums, e.g. an online textbook with spaced repetition built in to facilitate recall.