In this day and age reading ... well at least extended reading is dieing out; first a little intro in to the history on how this got started. Since the dawn of the internet people have been jamming million and millions of words and pictures full of information on to the internet. This was a new abundance of information that everyone with a portal in to the internet could view and read. Because of this abundance there is just to much information to process if someone decided to read every article and view every page so reading has evolved. Yes, it has evolved in to a quick scan and incomplete reading of many articles. This new evolution hasn't weakened reading but strengthened data input to the brain where more diverse information gets assimilated.
The other side of the argument is that this new fast reading doesn't let the reader fully comprehend everything which is true, but it does let the reader comprehend 90% of the information gathered. The other 10% is often lost in the confusion and surly everyone has had a moment where they forgot a small tidbit of information that got logged as less important in the brain; thus they end up kicking them selves for it later. The trade off is often worth it. In this fast moving world and the trends peoples reading habits are showing this to be true.
I digress to my experience with 40 minuets of reading... it wasn't that bad. I own a kindle and greatly enjoyed my usual reading of some book or another, but this week its Ring Worlds by Larry Niven. (check it out) Great book kept me entertained. You know what I kept reading for a bit after i finished my 40 minuets too.
(heres a cool vid made by a guy with free animation software)
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