Slow Reading in the Digital Age

"Digital reading encourages us to become fast scanners rather than deep readers, extracting the information we desire and quickly moving on. 'When you accelerate things that should not be accelerated, when you forget how to slow down, there is a price to pay,' writes Carl Honoré (author of the best-selling In Praise of Slow) who recommends deliberately slow reading as one method of dealing with the hyperactivity of late modernity."


Here is a nice article -- it's really a thorough review of two books pertaining to reading --  that addresses many of the issues and themes that I have been flapping about for the past few years, namely the difference between reading and what often passes for reading in the digital age (hint: it's a about more than putting your face in front of a bunch of words). As the article's author puts it,

Digital reading encourages us to become fast scanners rather than deep readers, extracting the information we desire and quickly moving on.

In addition, the review provides a nice list of books to look in to.

Enjoy.