Statistics show that reading (of books) is heavily declining in America, and while that's no surprise, it's vitally important for us to step out and lead the way by making changes in our own reading diets.
Read more∞ In Defense of Difficulty
"A culture filled with smooth and familiar consumptions produces in people rigid mental habits... They know what they know, and they expect to find it reinforced when they turn a page or click on a screen. Difficulty annoys them, and, having become accustomed to so much pabulum served up by a pandering and invertebrate media, they experience difficulty not just as “difficult,” but as insult."
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