Proust and the Squid

In most of our technology, physical and digital, the process of consuming and the process of creating are treated totally differently.

You read in a book full of words. You write in a notebook devoid of them.

You search in a bar at the top of the page. You type in a blank page in a different window, in a different app.

You’d think, given the wa

The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains

This creates a different relationship with reading. It stops being a form of pleasurable immersion in another world and becomes more like dashing around a busy supermarket to grab what you need and then get out again.