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I rarely read long-form articles online these days. If it looks interesting, I'll print it. I read a lot of non-fiction, cover to cover, and always in physical
by sjustns 7y ago
I rarely read long-form articles online these days. If it looks interesting, I'll print it. I read a lot of non-fiction, cover to cover, and always in physical form. I just enjoy sitting down with a book and marking it up. But also, I avoid recently published non-fiction because most of it reads like poorly edited blog posts. There are a few exceptions, but most of the new stuff doesn't draw me in the same way that older books do.
That said, I feel like because I do so much skimming online, just for work and whatnot, going from one physical page to the next while reading a book does something great for my brain. When I read offline, if I have selected the right book, I don't ever feel the need to skim. All of the time I spend reading offline feels like a compensatory reaction to the cognitive twitching that takes place in the browser all day.
See also: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/02/08/reading-in-the-age-of-constant-distraction/ https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/02/08/reading-in-th...
Because we're talking about reading and non-fiction, here's a shameless plug for a non-fiction book club I'm putting together: https://strangers-club.com https://strangers-club.com