“When the only information on the topic is a handful of essays or books, the best strategy is to read these works with total concentration. But when you have access to thousands of articles, blogs, videos, and people with expertise on the topic, a good strategy is to skim first to get an overview. Skimming and concentrating can and should coexist.” Norvig is Research Director at Google, so he might be expected to say something like this, but I still think he’s right—except, I would argue, concentrating has rarely received equal billing with
