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General Category => Science and Technology => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on August 25, 2018, 09:52:47 PM

Title: 'Skim reading is the new normal'
Post by: Nearly Sane on August 25, 2018, 09:52:47 PM: In a quick glance, this seems quite interesting.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/25/skim-reading-new-normal-maryanne-wolf
Title: Re: 'Skim reading is the new normal'
Post by: torridon on August 26, 2018, 08:21:18 AM: How can we not skim read ? There's so much information out there, if we read everything in depth we'd be dead within a month. Human brains evolved in simpler times.
Title: Re: 'Skim reading is the new normal'
Post by: Steve H on August 26, 2018, 08:40:09 AM: Quote from: torridon on August 26, 2018, 08:21:18 AM
How can we not skim read ? There's so much information out there, if we read everything in depth we'd be dead within a month. Human brains evolved in simpler times.
You don't have to read everything; just read properly what you do read.
Title: Re: 'Skim reading is the new normal'
Post by: torridon on August 26, 2018, 08:42:29 AM: Quote from: Officer Crabtree on August 26, 2018, 08:40:09 AM
You don't have to read everything; just read properly what you do read.

But then how do you choose what is worth reading, without skim reading, or similar ?
Title: Re: 'Skim reading is the new normal'
Post by: Steve H on August 26, 2018, 08:53:05 AM: Author you're a fan of, subject you're interested in, the blurb...
Title: Re: 'Skim reading is the new normal'
Post by: ippy on August 26, 2018, 09:47:37 AM: Quote from: torridon on August 26, 2018, 08:42:29 AM
But then how do you choose what is worth reading, without skim reading, or similar ?

I'll go with you on this one, I listen to jabber radio for most of the time and I sort of skim listen, there's loads I'm not hearing then I pick up on a word or two and then I'm all ears and listening closely, skim listening.

Regards ippy
Title: Re: 'Skim reading is the new normal'
Post by: torridon on August 29, 2018, 08:22:10 PM: Quote from: Officer Crabtree on August 26, 2018, 08:53:05 AM
Author you're a fan of, subject you're interested in, the blurb...

Then we are at risk of merely strengthening our private echo chamber.

Sometimes I think we were happier with less information. With fewer choices to make. Maybe Alan's freedom is really a burden.
Title: Re: 'Skim reading is the new normal'
Post by: Steve H on October 02, 2018, 12:53:11 PM: Quote from: torridon on August 29, 2018, 08:22:10 PM
Then we are at risk of merely strengthening our private echo chamber.

Sometimes I think we were happier with less information. With fewer choices to make. Maybe Alan's freedom is really a burden.
Not necessarily. I have read books precisely because I strongly disagreed with them before now, to find out more about the arguments (and I tried to be open-minded and prepared to change, or at least modify, my own views in the light of them).