You are reading text right now. It engulfs our lives.
“Between 1900 and 1990, the amount of time the average American spent reading and writing remained broadly consistent: somewhere between one and two hours a day.”
With the advent of the internet and text messaging – this more than doubled to four to five hours.
It is estimated the average internet user sees 490,000 words per day (more than War and Peace!).
As this wonderful contrarian article argues – this might not, as many argue, be all good.
“Every time we read, we inevitably conceptualize the world, in perhaps an ever-increasingly abstract way. And it’s conceivable that we may reach a point where those abstracting effects go too far.“
Article sourced from The Browser – a brilliant resource.
