"I am learning something. The article I’m lightly consuming has become bookmarked in my head, and if it comes up in casual conversation later in the day, I can

"I am learning something. The article I’m lightly consuming has become bookmarked in my head, and if it comes up in casual conversation later in the day, I can vigorously nod and say, “Yes, yes, I read that”. But I haven’t really. I noted the shortest version of it; I can quote the simplest version of it. I have a facade of the story and the illusion of knowledge. I miss long thoughts." Ok, I miss them too. But I read Rand's blog post twice and I don't get the connection. Forums were never about the long thought. Neither were BBSs. And while the current forum mess of vBulletin/phpBB/etc could definitely use an update, Discourse won't solve the "long thought" problem. Long thoughts won't happen unless you make time for them. There's just no way around it. For me, that means I spend more time on longform.org or reading actual books, and less time on Facebook/Twitter/HackerNews. Edit: yes, thanks for the correction, I did mean longform.org