Valnao@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoThere’s a Good Reason You Can’t Concentratewww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down114
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minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down5·2 days agoEmail and texting is eroding our intelligence, but somehow reading is gonna fix it. The fuck do you think emails and texts are? 🤦♂️ This is just an ad for the author’s book.
minus-squareparaphrand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 days agoReading with intention. All that other shit people say or do these things with: only read the headline comment after only reading the headline say “tldr” skim emails disengage from long and detailed group chat chats, skipping to the end and saying “I didn’t read all of that, but…” using AI to summarize emails and long articles Etc.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·edit-22 days agoAll the problems you listed boil down to someone NOT READING…
minus-squareparaphrand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 days agoThey are all examples of seeking short snippets over long form reading. We are being habituated to do that. And there are people that proudly say and do these things and promote the culture of doing these things. People are doing it in this thread.
Email and texting is eroding our intelligence, but somehow reading is gonna fix it. The fuck do you think emails and texts are? 🤦♂️
This is just an ad for the author’s book.
Reading with intention.
All that other shit people say or do these things with:
Etc.
All the problems you listed boil down to someone NOT READING…
They are all examples of seeking short snippets over long form reading. We are being habituated to do that. And there are people that proudly say and do these things and promote the culture of doing these things. People are doing it in this thread.