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Ann Friedman: The News Is Not Good

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CHAPTER

How to Balance Reading and Writing

I think for me, what am I actually reading? Like when I click through to something from Twitter, am I reading beyond the first half of the article? I mean, sometimes yes, but like sometimes no. Reading something on paper as opposed to sort of being lost in this sea of chatter, feels more manageable and much less anxiety ridden than a push notification. And so if you're only reading very kind of quick hit or like snarky internet things, it's very difficult to write in a way that feels like it's going to last more than 24 hours. So I do, I really, I really do make an effort to read.

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