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Think of this by comparison with patterns of junk food consumption: As ultraprocessed snacks have grown more available and inventively addictive, developed societies have seen a gulf emerge between those with the social and economic resources to sustain a healthy lifestyle and those more vulnerable to the obesogenic food culture. This bifurcation
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In Praise of Print: Why Reading Remains Essential in an Era of Epistemological Collapse
Ed Simon, November 25lithub.comIt’s critically important to note that nobody I spoke with was against digital. That is, nobody was enraged. Digital books simply didn’t make sense to many of these folks on a wholistic or gut level. To dedicate yourself to a book is to want to form a relationship, and the strictures and webbing of the digital book world seemed to do everything to... See more
Craig Mod • As We May Read
The dawn of the post-literate society
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I Am Going to Miss Pitchfork, but That’s Only Half the Problem
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Ayn Rand, also admired by Trump
Michiko Kakutani • The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump
Ultra-Processed Minds: The End of Deep Reading and What It Costs Us
Carl Hendrickcarlhendrick.substack.comHow Music Criticism Lost Its Edge
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