“They were not, with few exceptions, readers — never had been; that they had always occupied themselves with music, TV, and videos; they had difficulty slowing down enough to concentrate on prose of any density.”
Cal Newport:
"Neil Postman argues that it was the introduction of mass-produced longform writing that really unleashed human potential[.]"
"An app on your phone can offer you diversion or fleeting catharsis. On the other hand, something more lexicographically substantial — though perhaps, as Birkert’s students discovered, more difficult to consume — can often offer true progress."
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