I have forgotten how to read
Michael Harris,
Globe and Mail,
Feb 20, 2018
I thought at first the author was describing some rare mental condition involving Broca's area but all he is saying is that he reads differently now. "Online life makes me into a different kind of reader – a cynical one. I scrounge, now, for the useful fact; I zero in on the shareable link. My attention – and thus my experience – fractures." I'm sure people listened to the chanting monks differently after they were able to read the printed word for themselves. I'm sure I see cityscapes and scenic vistas now that I regard them with the photographer's eye. Michael Harris sees this as a bad thing. "We have digested our devices; they can numb us, now, to the pleasure of patience." My own view is different: I have a richer, deeper, multifaceted experience.
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