1 00:00:08,349 --> 00:00:08,866 Mina? 2 00:00:10,133 --> 00:00:10,750 Zane? 3 00:00:14,650 --> 00:00:16,466 Flowers for Algernon. 4 00:00:17,216 --> 00:00:18,083 It's a pretty good book. 5 00:00:18,233 --> 00:00:19,266 But when I first started reading it, 6 00:00:19,283 --> 00:00:20,633 I just couldn't get into it. 7 00:00:22,183 --> 00:00:22,766 Yeah, 8 00:00:23,149 --> 00:00:24,583 this kind of diary-style novel 9 00:00:24,933 --> 00:00:26,216 really takes some patience. 10 00:00:27,783 --> 00:00:28,716 Later, I saw someone online 11 00:00:28,733 --> 00:00:29,666 sum it up 12 00:00:29,683 --> 00:00:30,733 in one sentence, 13 00:00:30,883 --> 00:00:32,049 and suddenly, I got hooked. 14 00:00:32,933 --> 00:00:33,850 What did they say? 15 00:00:35,549 --> 00:00:35,916 Right. 16 00:00:36,216 --> 00:00:37,333 "After years of being humiliated, 17 00:00:37,516 --> 00:00:39,149 I came back with genius-level IQ." 18 00:00:43,750 --> 00:00:44,933 You know what? That's actually spot on. 19 00:00:45,649 --> 00:00:46,033 See? 20 00:00:46,216 --> 00:00:46,866 Then I thought, 21 00:00:46,933 --> 00:00:48,366 maybe you can summarize 22 00:00:48,466 --> 00:00:50,016 all those classic literary works like this. 23 00:00:51,833 --> 00:00:53,616 It kinda works for this one, sure. 24 00:00:54,683 --> 00:00:55,883 But for those 25 00:00:56,016 --> 00:00:57,233 massive hundred-thousand-word novels? 26 00:00:58,066 --> 00:00:59,633 Probably won't cut it. 27 00:00:59,816 --> 00:01:00,633 Wanna try? 28 00:01:03,549 --> 00:01:04,866 Let's do a little experiment. 29 00:01:05,516 --> 00:01:06,083 I'll search for 30 00:01:06,150 --> 00:01:07,316 popular web novels. 31 00:01:07,366 --> 00:01:08,733 You look up a list of classics. 32 00:01:08,983 --> 00:01:09,816 Every classic you name, 33 00:01:09,916 --> 00:01:11,683 I bet I can find a similar story from my list. 34 00:01:11,833 --> 00:01:12,849 If I can't, I lose. 35 00:01:16,849 --> 00:01:17,216 Deal.