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Funnily enough, I remember talking to a historian who said centuries ago, reading a book was considered "mindless entertainment", much as we think about our sma
by osrec 6y ago
Funnily enough, I remember talking to a historian who said centuries ago, reading a book was considered "mindless entertainment", much as we think about our smartphones now. Eventually, reading evolved into being considered something generally "smart" people did.
- carierx1 6y agoI'd love to read up more on that! Any links to literature on the topic?
- logosmonkey 6y agoMany were quite opposed to books and have been throughout history. This is a fun read https://www.historytoday.com/archive/reading-bad-your-health https://www.historytoday.com/archive/reading-bad-your-health
- hackmiester 6y agoI'd also love to read more about this, similar to the sibling comment from carierx1, who appears to be hellbanned.
- yesenadam 6y ago> carierx1, who appears to be hellbanned. If you read their 1 page comment history, there's dang explaining "We've banned this account." and why.
- rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y agoI hung out with some Vietnamese Zen buddhist monks on a monastery for a few days, and I was surprised to find that they viewed most fictional novels as mindless entertainment as well. Books with obvious educational value and religious texts were fine of course, but spending a few hours reading a novel would be lumped into the same general category as spending a few hours binging a Netflix show, so they did it sparingly.