We must find ways to get people reading again https://engelsbergideas.com/notebook/how-to-revive-our-reading-culture/?utm_source=spread

“It’s easy to feel distracted when it’s not clear what deserves our concentration. Engaging with ‘the best that has been thought and said’ seems overly earnest. In a world where cultural judgment is often seen as the exercise of privilege or social positioning, why would anyone invest hours in the hard work of reading the classics?”

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The fragmented information on the internet is a poison. We know the crisis of 'amusing ourselves to death,' yet we remain indulgent about it.