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Bentley
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The brain has been conditioned to feed on bite-sized snacks of shallow literature, and a reconditioning of the brain is essential.
The old-school print books were a way to slow down the mind, turning it less anxious and jittery, resulting in a satisfying trance-like experience, almost like a low-level meditation. We need to stop feeding our minds with disposable, junk knowledge and focus on developing it by reading healthy literature.
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Sarah
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We have become cynical readers – we read in the disjointed, goal-oriented way that online life encourages & we stop exercising our attention.
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Gael V.
@gae_v317
Many of us have a desire to read. We buy books, but then the demands of work and family catch up with us, and we never get round to reading the books. The Japanese calls it tsundoku
To give books the attention and time it deserves in your life, you need to make it a higher priority. It means you have to change your habits and routines to allow more reading.
Sometimes, your reading needs only a little encouragement to displace something that should be lower down on your list. For example, to forgo watching television and reading a book instead.
Mark D.
@markd17
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The speed-reading habit is making us lose our deep attention and focus, gradually shunning denser, more complicated content. Instead of optimizing for speed, we need to optimize for comprehension, deep understanding, and retention of information.
Deep or slow reading, when the brain is attentive, absorbing, understanding and analyzing text expands our attention span and improves concentration and learning.
The brain develops stronger analytical skills and gets into critical thinking mode, forming new connections and even creates new ideas.
Deep focusing on a book is one of the best investments of your time.
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