VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 14 days agoThe U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parentsfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up1114
arrow-up1114external-linkThe U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parentsfortune.comVetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square18linkfedilink
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·14 days agoBefore I got a smartphone, I didn’t read books. Now I listen to maybe 6 books per year, and read the equivalent of probably >20 books per year from news articles and Wikipedia. It’s not the tool that matters, it’s how you use it
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·13 days agoThe public school system makes reading such a unpleasant experience that kids avoid touching where ever possible.
Before I got a smartphone, I didn’t read books.
Now I listen to maybe 6 books per year, and read the equivalent of probably >20 books per year from news articles and Wikipedia.
It’s not the tool that matters, it’s how you use it
The public school system makes reading such a unpleasant experience that kids avoid touching where ever possible.