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LudwigPastorius

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31. It's a matter of concentration, rather than the specific media that delivers information.

Thu Dec 26, 2024, 03:01 PM

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People (including myself) are losing the ability to read long-form works.

The internet gives dopamine hits for shorter and shorter bursts of attention, rewiring the brain.

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Someone at dinner yesterday said to me: "Reading is becoming a privilege." The rest of the dinner [View all] Raven Thursday OP

I don't know how to fix it. LisaM Thursday #1

When I was a kid I LIVED to read, but had friends who never cracked open a book. 50 Shades Of Blue Thursday #2

I did also; I remember many a night babylonsister Thursday #3

I used to contort myself to read in bed by the light of my nightlight, LOL! 50 Shades Of Blue Thursday #17

I learned to read at the age of four because my older siblings wearied of reading to me. So they taught me to read. Ping Tung Thursday #7

Of course. He loves the uneducated because easier to screw over SheltieLover Thursday #11

As long as books are available on computer screens malaise Thursday #4

I believe Dems should initiate a huge literacy project SheltieLover Thursday #12

Good idea malaise Thursday #14

But it would cost nothing SheltieLover Thursday #20

You are correct malaise Thursday #21

Ty for validating my gut feeling. SheltieLover Thursday #22

My local "Neighbors"website proves to me every day Diamond_Dog Thursday #28

It's sad malaise Thursday #30

Gawd... these folks I'm talking about have zero tech skills SheltieLover Thursday #49

Good Luck with that - womanofthehills Thursday #44

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I do wonder about that malaise Thursday #29

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Way wider than that malaise Thursday #37

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No coincidence malaise Thursday #61

Read "One Second After" or "Lights Out" johnnyfins Thursday #45

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Exactly! SheltieLover Thursday #51

So true. efhmc Thursday #40

My tablet has rescued canetoad Thursday #42

If you think kids are reading books on their phones and tablets, you're kidding yourselves Ex Lurker Thursday #58

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It gets worse Ex Lurker Thursday #66

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I don't see how "privilege" comes into it. If kids don't want to read, it doesn't mean Scrivener7 Thursday #5

Right? I suppose you could say they since the privilege of refusing to read Iris Thursday #15

In the sense that reading takes time, focus and mental energy meadowlander Thursday #41

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Thursday #63

When our son was growing up, UpInArms Thursday #6

When I was a kid I read nonstop milestogo Thursday #8

I still read nonstop SheltieLover Thursday #13

My mother instilled a love of reading in me and I was reading any time I wasn't drawing. Diamond_Dog Thursday #32

I wasn't allowed to watch much TV Skittles Thursday #69

It sounds like your dinner party lacked a historian or sociologist... PeaceWave Thursday #9

As a creative, I don't think the drive to create subsides Arazi Thursday #43

Another tendency that I believe to be evidenced by history snot Thursday #56

If the child is reading a screen they are reading sarisataka Thursday #10

I think whis is what I'm worried about. I know this is happening where I live. The kids are Raven Thursday #16

+1. meadowlander Thursday #39

What's going on here? Technology is what's going on here. A lot of things have moved onto the Internet, SWBTATTReg Thursday #18

E- books Timewas Thursday #19

I think digital vs. hard copy books each have their own advantages snot Thursday #57

It's Not Universal ProfessorGAC Thursday #23

As a 1963 high school graduate, I remember pretty well that about MineralMan Thursday #24

Much ado xuplate Thursday #25

Not that much different than when i was a kid Buckeyeblue Thursday #26

I was a reader from the time I was 5. My mom used to read to me when I wouldn't yellowdogintexas Thursday #46

My daughter is a reader. My son not so much Buckeyeblue Thursday #65

It's a matter of concentration, rather than the specific media that delivers information. LudwigPastorius Thursday #31

Maybe books are. But reading is reading. Iggo Thursday #34

Reading was once a privilege. Now reading, or rather NOT reading, is a choice. RockRaven Thursday #35

For kids, privileges should be earned based on how many books you read bucolic_frolic Thursday #36

"What is going on here?" Nothing big.....just the end of civilization. Sarcasm not intended. albacore Thursday #38

Bingo! This is exactly what worries me. And I'm talking about reading to acquire knowledge, not just to Raven Thursday #64

Posts on social media....and even DU ... have to be short. Otherwise..."TLDR".. albacore Yesterday #72

...and I have a significant reading addiction... but I'm an "old" person @ 55 FirstLight Thursday #48

Most people learn to read in public school - TBF Thursday #50

brains developed post internet creation BlueWaveNeverEnd Thursday #52

It's very true sagetea Thursday #53

Reading is reading Jilly_in_VA Thursday #54

I read both book and screen. Xolodno Thursday #55

The problem Rebl2 Thursday #60

so often this is what I see Skittles Thursday #68

Reading is not a privilege. Reading is a skill that takes years to develop. It helps if you grow up in a family where Martin68 Thursday #70

lots of "reading a screen is just like reading a book" opinions, but this is not the case -- reflective vs projective 0rganism Thursday #71

Smart phones are becoming a cancer on society iemanja Yesterday #73