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Ep. 238: The Joys of the Reading Life
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
Is Reading on a Digital Screen a Good Idea?
In perceptible pauses and reading can lead to lightning speed leaps in our thoughts for this reaches. By contrast, when we skim, we literally physiologically don't have time to think or feel. So it's not just the act of reading itself while you're reading that allows you to do this deeper thinking. It's cognitive strength training. And making those parts of your brain able to do that type of thinking better in the future when you're doing other cognitive activities.
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