What's The Point to Save Articles You’ll Never Read?

The author explains that hoarding links feels productive but isn't. Based on 10 years of reading 40% of what they find, they argue the real bottleneck is deciding what not to read. They built a system using email tags and AI to filter links against written preferences, so only relevant articles reach them. The key is moving the decision upstream, not reading faster. They're building this into a tool called Readplace, but the concept works now with a simple prompt. The skill is trusting a filter to skip noise so you can focus on valuable reading.