"I have three boys who seem to believe that reading is a backup system if the power goes out," she says. "Reading, I've learned from reading your books is a kind of cultural innovation that we've adopted in the last several thousand years That has rewired our brains."
Maryanne Wolf is a professor at UCLA and the renowned author of "Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain" and "Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World." She says deep reading makes you a better thinker, communicator, and citizen. But what happens if you lose the ability to read slowly, patiently, and critically? Is there anything you can do to get it back?
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