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“Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not reli-gion. To attack the first is not to assail the last.” — Charlotte Brontë, preface to the second edition of Jane Eyre
Yes, I’ve read and heavily annotated it! Have been doing some research on the differences between print vs. screen reading, and no question that print wins in terms of total immersion. A related article: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books
To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school.
www.theatlantic.com
November 18, 2024 at 7:33 AM
Yes, I’ve read and heavily annotated it! Have been doing some research on the differences between print vs. screen reading, and no question that print wins in terms of total immersion. A related article: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
P.S. That said, this absence of acknowledgment of my corporeal presence is something that — take that, neighbors in my building! — I’ve always complained about way before the pandemic about SF. I find New York and much less indifferent place overall.
November 18, 2024 at 7:23 AM
P.S. That said, this absence of acknowledgment of my corporeal presence is something that — take that, neighbors in my building! — I’ve always complained about way before the pandemic about SF. I find New York and much less indifferent place overall.
Great piece! Quite dark but true in my ways to my own experience living in SF, especially this line: “…and I feel like a ghost myself in the lack of acknowledgment, in others’ blank reluctance to utter even those tiny ‘excuse me’ negotiations to get around someone or warn someone.”
November 18, 2024 at 7:17 AM
Great piece! Quite dark but true in my ways to my own experience living in SF, especially this line: “…and I feel like a ghost myself in the lack of acknowledgment, in others’ blank reluctance to utter even those tiny ‘excuse me’ negotiations to get around someone or warn someone.”