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Advantages of Reading Novels: Break Free From ConformityWhen social media has us all constantly wired and stressed, reading novels and fiction isn’t just a nice pastime—it’s essential. If you care about your mental and emotional well-being, you better start crack…
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Salman Rushdie New Book 2024: How His Stabbing Memoir Demonstrates The Importance of Free SpeechIn 1988, author Salman Rushdie published his novel The Satanic Verses and recieved a bounty on his head. This caused him to live the next 30 years under fear, security and various levels of secrecy. With the call…
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Reasons To Join A Book Club: Leave Social Media And Read With Real PeopleFor many people social media is becoming an anxiety-enducing time-sucking void. It feels like more of a drain than a benefit. As research (published in books, of course) is coming out about the long term effects…
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Well argued, and can’t agree more. We should ensure everyone can speak freely, even if it is not popular.
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Hard to imagine how something like this gets so much funding and support when it is so hypocritical. Don’t plan on going.
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These were cool tips, going to try and incorporate some of them in my schedule.
Especially in trying to read a wider variety of material, it’s interesting that he’s reading all kinds of books as well as reports, news, etc. Being exposed to lots of new ideas probably helps a lot. -
It’s important to mention that as the world continues to be focused on short content, that reading long blocks of text will be a valuable skill, maybe even an employable skill for certain professions. Many people don’t want to read and will be happy to give that task to someone else. Good blog post