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A Writer Learns How to Read Again
John Paul Brammer: I was just such a dire case of “brain being addled by social media” that I knew on a sort of intuition level that I needed to find a way to make myself hungry for books. Because I knew that if I wasn’t hungry for them, it was simply not gonna happen. It’s like giving yourself homework as an adult. As long as the option is there to not do it, you probably just won’t do it.
TL;DR
- The author felt his brain was addled by social media.
- He recognized the need to cultivate a hunger for books.
- Reading was compared to adult homework, likely to be avoided if optional.