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> can’t stand these elitist and unoriginal think pieces about how much better and cooler Aren't you saying the same thing, putting them down? You could both b
by mmooss 2y ago
> can’t stand these elitist and unoriginal think pieces about how much better and cooler
Aren't you saying the same thing, putting them down? You could both be curious about each other.
- awongh 2y agoI commented on the article so I suppose I'm engaging with the ideas. To be clear, I also think it's a shame that people don't read as many books these days, I don't read a huge amount but I feel like I'm at the higher-end of my social circle in terms of reading volume. Mostly, I don't like the trope that there's some kind of moral imperative to Read More Books and that Things Used to Be Better. Overall I'm philosophically disinclined to draw the conclusion that phones/attention/social media are bad and reading more will improve society. I also have TikTok but I don't think it makes me a worse person.