We are not simply what we read or what messages we absorb but most of all how we read and decode the messages we absorb. one minute i can be reading an article that fulfills my expectations but this one link to the right of it also does so i click on that, I never went into full cognition with the first article and chances are ill never return to it. Both these link consisting of no more than 2,000 words and accompanied by advertisements. We are becoming human beings with vast amounts of Information but with lack of cognition with the numerous amounts of topics in our head and simply Going online to avoid reading in the traditional sense. I also wonder if the net is weakening our capacity for the kind of deep reading that was common in the earlier times after Gutenberg's invention of the printing press?
Will Books still be around after 50-100 years?
our attention spans are shortening and reading a dense book will become excessively boring and almost obsolete. we don't go to libraries any more to check out books and do hours of excessive research just to find a couple of quotes: we use the web and click on our mouse and pop there it is.
reading a book almost seems nostalgic such as buying and reading a newspaper when its already available on line with audio and the option of instant feedback, all displayed on our smart phones. or smoking a cigarette when i can can use a vape pen which is a modern cigarette with flavors, twice as much intake and to top it all off its cancer free(I read newspapers on occasion and i smoke cigarettes as well) . Although I would also like to know if there is higher retention rate when reading ink and paper then reading on a screen.
our attention spans are shortening and reading a dense book will become excessively boring and almost obsolete. we don't go to libraries any more to check out books and do hours of excessive research just to find a couple of quotes: we use the web and click on our mouse and pop there it is.
reading a book almost seems nostalgic such as buying and reading a newspaper when its already available on line with audio and the option of instant feedback, all displayed on our smart phones. or smoking a cigarette when i can can use a vape pen which is a modern cigarette with flavors, twice as much intake and to top it all off its cancer free(I read newspapers on occasion and i smoke cigarettes as well) . Although I would also like to know if there is higher retention rate when reading ink and paper then reading on a screen.
Both are interesting topics. You can probably find good research sources about reprogramming our brains. What you describe about clicking from one thing to another is so true.
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