There’s nothing magical or sacred about a particular medium, but the internet doesn’t contain all human knowledge, it doesn’t contain much of past human knowled

There’s nothing magical or sacred about a particular medium, but the internet doesn’t contain all human knowledge, it doesn’t contain much of past human knowledge and it rarely preserves knowledge through archival. This is concerning because future generations may give up on history and/or give up on preservation/archival. i. Try short books at first. ii. Take frequent breaks (short and sometimes device-free days) from glowing screens to reduce dopamine dependency. iii. Listen to audio book versions. iv. Read to understand, not to get to the end by skimming. v. Try epaper ebook readers that are less stimulating and more like books. This can be an easier way to make books portable and compact. Here’s a short one, read or listen to Smedley Butler’s book [0, 1]. 0. ebook version: https://books.google.com/books?id=trl4DwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=trl4DwAAQBAJ&printsec=fron... 1. audio book version: https://archive.org/details/war_is_a_racket_1903_librivox/warisaracket_01_butler_128kb.mp3 https://archive.org/details/war_is_a_racket_1903_librivox/wa... Another book I would recommend is Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias (1542) which has been translated into English as A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies. It’s a must read to know the scale of the Spanish rape, pillaging and genocide of native American and imported African slaves. I also go to libraries to see what they have for physical and electronic checkout. And, frequent the torrent sites to look for video courses and good book / audiobook packs. It also takes curiosity and critical thinking to actively seek out, discover and evaluate works of others. I would also recommend reading important and banned books like Mein Kampf, Das Kapital, The Bible, The Quran, The Communist Manifesto, Heart of Darkness, Brave New World, Catch-22, Crime and Punishment, Howl, Fahrenheit 451, The Satanic Verses, Ulysses, Uncle Tom’s Cabin and so on. Especially important is to re-read them every 10-20 years, because your outlook on life will change with the seasons of life, you will find these works appear different than you remembered and you will get more out of them because you have more life experiences.