Reading provokes a spontaneous eruption of thoughts. 

Writing helps collect, order and orchestrate the thoughts into a theme , an opinion, or a learning.

Speaking of the result with others helps clarify, confirm and purify it.

Teaching someone else the result helps cement it. Permanently.

Until a contrary reading smashes that cement to bits..

How can we speed up this process? Should we speed it  up? To what extent? Is there anyone else who has encountered this?