He's on his phone.
If people spent as much time reading as they do on their phone, and/or as much time reading and studying as they do watching TV or online movies, they and we (as a nation) would be much better off.
I get that way when I read Kierkegaard!
Tough challenge being an Analog Guy in a Digital World.
Sitting at dinner in a restaurant, spouse and her mother are absolutely stuck to their phones. If there’s no food on a fork, it’s a face to the phone. No conversation. Smartphones have made people more stupider, prolly, lol, lmfao, btw.
I have no desire to share my dinner information with anyone other than “my server tonight”. (Now isn’t that racist, by the way?)
Beer or bourbon is my answer, depending on the food.
If men learn this, it will implant forgetfulness in their souls; they will cease to exercise memory because they rely on that which is written, calling things to remembrance no longer from within themselves, but by means of external marks. What you have discovered is a recipe not for memory, but for reminder. And it is no true wisdom that you offer your disciples, but only its semblance, for by telling them of many things without teaching them you will make them seem to know much, while for the most part they know nothing, and as men filled, not with wisdom, but with the conceit of wisdom, they will be a burden to their fellows.My favorite quote whenever someone complains about a new technology weakening the mind.Plato, Phaedrus
Read the article; it’s not rocket science, but sound advice.
Thank you for posting. It is a nice and helpful article.
He didn’t really list what kind of books he is reading.
I just plot out a hour a day to read and read. I pick books that are interesting to me, and, as long as I picked well, I have no problem focusing on the book.
I also read on my phone, computer, and tablet.
To me, the medium isn’t important, it’s the content.
I cannot stand reading books electronically.
I’m sorry, what were you saying?
CC
I stopped reading before going out to the site to read the rest of the article. If the entire article was posted here, I would read it to the end.
The classic “Medieval Helpdesk.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT4LS25O1MA
Monk with the new tech, books with pages.
I have plans to meet up with some friends where we will all stare at our phones.
Thank you!