I love to read but feel like I have to pretty much be in peak mental condition to fully appreciate a novel, which is pretty rarely. Meanwhile I will waste hours on reddit no matter how tired, sick, or sad I am. I wonder why because they’re both reading. Maybe because looking at reddit is more skimming? It does feel like the brain processes it differently. I wonder if other people here feel the same.
by nashamagirl99
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Because a book requires you to retain information and read it exists for you to discard any information you’ve read that you no longer have any need of directly
Because reading a book requires extended attention span, while reading Reddit requires pretty much none whatsoever.
One is sustained focus. One is microperiods of focus split between microbreaks.