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I used to read a lot as a kid too, and also into my teenage and college years. But after a certain point in college my reading diminished until the current poi
by darepublic 9y ago
I used to read a lot as a kid too, and also into my teenage and college years. But after a certain point in college my reading diminished until the current point at which I won't even open a programming book anymore.
- konschubert 9y agoWeirdly, the same thing happened to me with video games.
- ronjouch 9y agoYes! Which (to me) reaches the article author's bewilderment about "cynical" / "utilitarian" reading: it's now very rare that I get immersed in a game. My now frequent attitude when gaming is more distanced, I'm not in the game but more observant of the game, sometimes judging it and often wanting to finish the game and be done with it, in a similar "utilitarian" way, rather than enjoying the experience. Which utterly defeats the purpose of the time-consuming experiences to be lived that games are, right?! It feels kinda sad. One might say my interest for games may simply have faded, or that I now know what I like and what I don't, and am less tolerant about what I don't like. Maybe.