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I don’t think that e-readers are going to be a cure-all for everyone in need of cultivating better and longer attention. But I do think that my experience suggests that it’s not reasonable to think of “technology”—in the usual vaguely pejorative meaning of that word—as the enemy of reading. The codex is itself a technology, and a supremely sophisticated one, but even digital electronic technologies vary tremendously: e-readers are by any measure far less distracting than an iPad or a laptop. It’s at least possible for new technologies to be part of the solution instead of part of the problem.
The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction
Alan Jacobs
Just as the early viewers of television sometimes forgot that they weren’t seeing an un-mediated stream of Reality, us early users of digital media sometimes forget that social media algorithms are not showing us the world as it is.
How Digital Media Distorts Our Sense of Time
aaronzlewis.com
Spend time reading your notes and reflecting on the experiences you’ve documented. Look for recurring themes, interesting details, and general feelings that come up repeatedly.
Self-Anthropology: Become Your Own Anthropologist With Personal Field Notes
Anne-Laure Le Cunff
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