Encounters
''lassitude'' ▫ᴱᴺ｜_encounter｜ENC｜20261010165954-01-•
Yes, “the moronic inferno of social media” partly explains the “fading of the written word.” But perhaps a large and growing majority is pathetically nostalgic for what was, until recently, normal: the mental lassitude of pre-literate people who flinch from the imaginative and creative act of immersive reading. Such reading is demanding. It is a kind of work. It is, however, exhilarating because it is not passive. It is the opposite of what screens offer their enervated, glassy-eyed grazers.
Source: The Washington Post ▢𓏺: Opinion | James Marriott’s “New Dark Ages” warns about the post-literate future - The Washington Post
(echo:: @ ⌗)
Link to original