checks to see if information-binging is a word spends 2 hours on Wikipedia, ending on an article about politics in Oklahoma Where was I? Oh yeah, the internet and its ability to steal time and attention. So, there was a question on Reddit’s book subreddit by user fishmael (great user name) that caught my attention: My answer is yes. A big ol’ definitive yes. The best reading for me these days is the half-hour bus ride to work, and a few minutes before falling asleep at night. Other than that, I often intend to read, but somehow end up internetin’ for a whole evening. But how do we break our bad internet habits and improve our reading time? The users of reddit/r/books have some answers: User thefrenchcranyon: Canus_Flatum: Read different scientific explanations that it’s because the way we have of surfing the net trains our brains to scan the information, rather than delve into it like it does in traditional reads. I’m still a bit bummed when I catch myself checking how many pages left to the end of a chapter or to the end of a book. Though when I find a book that I just can’t put down, it makes it that much better in comparison. 🙂 Nichase: spupy: huntmol CollateralFortune: And finally, Kafqesque calls me on the hypocrisy: It’s now about 6 months later and I’ve read 38 books. I honestly would have read more, but there have been some massive novels on that list. At least 10 of the 38 books have been over 700 pages (I’m looking at you WoT) turns off computer reaches for book
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