Reading

The hotnewtheory online is that reading is kaput, and therefore civilization is too. The rise of hyper-addictive digital technologies has shattered our attention spans and extinguished our taste for text. Books are disappearing from our culture, and so are our capacities for complex and rational thought. We are careening toward a post-literate... See more

TED’S 24 RULES FOR READING

1. Reading shouldn’t be a goal —instead it ought to be cultivated as a habit .


2. It should be a relaxing and enjoyable habit, something you look forward to each day. That’s why setting too many reading goals will be counterproductive. It will put pressure on you, and that’s the opposite of relaxation.


3. Remember that this is a

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Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.

— Gustave Flaubert

Reading is alluring. It has a nameless quality beyond satisfying desires for information and pleasure. Despite more colorful and interactive media, reading text somehow remains more refined, more seductive.