Reading, Refined into an Art

The Art
Of The Read

The Book

What This Actually Does

The Art of the Read never wrote itself as a manifesto about reading. There's no hubris here. It wanted to loudly think

What This Book Is Not

The Art of the Read is not a reading list.
Because the list can't converse with you and the books are just tired titles

What It Helps You Rebuild

So instead, The Art of the Read focuses on rebuilding a small set of capacities that modern life quietly erodes.

Why This Matters Now

The fact is: it mattered always. But right now, it happens to matter more. Because, we're reading more than ever,

What Makes It Special

Multidisciplinary Reach & Scope The The Art of the Read is structured across 14 chapters that explore the art

Why This Book Had to be Written

This book did not begin as a project. It began as a pressure. And just wrote itself, meandering through umpteen

Why Reading Broke

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Attention vs Algorithms

Attention was once guided largely by intention. Today, it is increasingly guided by design.

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Skimming Culture

Once a laboriously built skill that demanded spending money, skimming today is what kids

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Reading vs Scrolling

Scrolling looks like reading. Neurologically, it is not. The belief is the most romantic deception of

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Why Speed Hacks Failed

In response to distraction, we tried to outrun it.
Speed-reading techniques,

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What Comes After Diagnosis

Understanding why reading broke is not an exercise in nostalgia or blame. It is a necessary step

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The Author