Why you don't read as much as you used to?

[manideepa]

Lately, I have noticed that I dont read as much as I used to before. Gone are the days when I just lay in bed reading for hours until I reached the last page, everything else forgotten. There's a book half read lying beside my pillow for days, along with a pile of books on the bedside table which were supposed to be finished months ago. I just manage to read a few pages each day, whereas I probably would have finished the book in a day or two few years back.
Obviously it's been attributed to the internet. It lowers your attention span, makes you lose your creativity, etc. I came across this article on a journalism website on this and it makes an important proposition. Here's the link.

http://scroll.in/article/808501/why-you-dont-read-as-much-as-you-used-to

Do any of you feel the same way about reading? What do you guys think of the article?

 

[Nebulous]

Reading a book will usually take me about two- four days (if I don't stop half way through and not touch it for months..) and then it occupies my mind for a while longer. So that's maybe five or six days in total that I've given to the book.
It just isn't on my priority list anymore. Books r for people without Internet connection :P
And I used to be a crazy reader, I lived and breathed books. I have a lot to read over the summer though, I won't have Internet access then. Books books books.

I haven't finished the Bone Clocks yet, but I want to. I don't even know where the book is though.

 

[redbaron]

My reading time has been replaced by "start arguments on the internet" time.

 

[Happy]

For me, it's not the Internet. The reason I no longer read a book every day is because there's so many other things I need to do. Life and responsibilities have taken the time that I'd normally use for books, sports, hobbies, films, video games or whatever. I can't justify taking time out of my day for any of these things anymore. My life is primarily taken up by career and social commitments. This isn't a complaint - I love my life atm - it's just the evolving nature of responsibility.

 

[onesteptwostep]

Obviously it's been attributed to the internet. It lowers your attention span, makes you lose your creativity, etc. I came across this article on a journalism website on this and it makes an important proposition. Here's the link.

http://scroll.in/article/808501/why-you-dont-read-as-much-as-you-used-to

Do any of you feel the same way about reading? What do you guys think of the article?

Are you sure you read the article right? It's actually praising the internet because it gave us more things to read.

 

[EditorOne]

With Kindle, I read more than ever. I read so much my wife has had to caution me that I'll kill the monthly budget if I'm not careful. I regularly go through two to four books a week. I love the idea that I can go anywhere and have several books to read in the little Kindle whenever things get slow or I'm waiting for something.

 

[Brontosaurie]

I don't write enough to explain that.

 

[Analyzer]

I read too much nowadays. Kindle doesn't help either.

 

[PmjPmj]

Initially, I stopped reading avidly because World of Warcraft (back when it was released - haven't played it for about 5 years now). Nowadays I have two young children, so they pretty much dominate my free time.

I tend to read a few pages before I go to bed, though these days I'm usually so tired that I end up falling asleep after a couple of paragraphs

 

[Tannhauser]

I only read books on airplanes and long train rides.. Like this one. Except this time i forgot to bring a goddamn book so im reading intpf instead.

 

[deathvirtuoso]

I got lazy, depressed, and unmotivated.

 

[Bad Itch]

Since probably my mid-twenties I find my mind starts racing and I lose focus on what I'm reading while my eyes continue scanning lines of text without fully processing them and a few pages go by before I catch myself and have to go back and re-read. Then my eyelids get heavy and I end up falling asleep. I can still pick up a book and commit to it, but it's like a phase - that ability seems to come and go. So I read way less (except for technical stuff) but get MOAR NAPS!! Also run-on sentences.

 

[Thurlor]

I find I go through cycles of interests with reading being one of them. However in the last year or so I've noticed that I read a lot less fiction and more random articles/blogs on the net.

Fiction can be so draining for me. I'll get so caught up in the narrative that when it ends I feel depressed for a few days if I don't immediately begin another novel.

Lately I've been finding a lot of the fiction I read very derivative and/or predictable. I've also been noticing a lot of character, plot or writer induced stupidity. The first is acceptable, whilst the last two ruin the whole experience for me.

 

[Pyropyro]

I only read books on airplanes and long train rides.. Like this one. Except this time i forgot to bring a goddamn book so im reading intpf instead.

INTPf > any books in the galaxy

 

[eggman]

Mostly because my eyesight is failing

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[dang]

Mostly because my eyesight is failing

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I have developed a bad case of illiteracy.