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>It's solitary, sedentary, and passive. People probably said the same about reading at several points in history. It's about how you use the technology, not t
by minsc_and_boo 4y ago
>It's solitary, sedentary, and passive.
People probably said the same about reading at several points in history. It's about how you use the technology, not the technology itself.
- HKH2 4y agoReading requires that you use your imagination to make words make sense. It is not passive.
- minsc_and_boo 4y agoAnd there are movies that make you use your imagination too. They're not that different.
- abudabi123 4y agoReading a language you are in the process of learning is a form of puzzle assembly and takes the mind to places it would not have other wise.
- scarface74 4y agoAnd many of my coworkers whose second language is English said that they learned English by watching TV.
- dwild 4y agoYou can probably say something similar for any form of entertainment. You can always gain something from it (and that's excluding the benefit of doing something you enjoy).