James Marriott
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Columnist at The Times
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Bethany Elliott
3 days ago
I wrote this because oh god some of the stuff Iāve dragged my parents to and they did recently say that, on the one hand itās lovely when your child still wants to spend time with you and isnāt drunk on vodka in a hedge. On the otherā¦
www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/lifesty...
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Parents of pretentious teen wish he'd get into beer and football
THE parents of a teenager who opines on Bertolt Brecht and Brutalist buildings wish he would drink cider and vomit at bus stops like his peers.
https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/lifestyle/parents-of-pretentious-teen-wish-hed-get-into-beer-and-football-20260530266717
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Bethany Elliott
13 days ago
A really brilliant piece by
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www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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Adversity doesnāt always forge the best MPs
Politicians fall over themselves to claim victimhood ā yet suffering can breed selfishness and privilege spur moral duty
https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/adversity-not-best-politicians-ftr2tvv06
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James Barr
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Good piece this, by
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Adversity doesnāt always forge the best MPs
Politicians fall over themselves to claim victimhood ā yet suffering can breed selfishness and privilege spur moral duty
https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/adversity-not-best-politicians-ftr2tvv06
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John Peters
14 days ago
Misery seems most glamorous to those who know least about it. We should respect it, certainly. But not immoderately. And we mustnāt underrate the power of the boringly well-adjusted. (Ā£)
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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Adversity doesnāt always forge the best MPs
Politicians fall over themselves to claim victimhood ā yet suffering can breed selfishness and privilege spur moral duty
https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/adversity-not-best-politicians-ftr2tvv06
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Juli
14 days ago
āSometimes suffering breeds empathy. Sometimes it breeds a callous determination to look after Number One.ā
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www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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Adversity doesnāt always forge the best MPs
Politicians fall over themselves to claim victimhood ā yet suffering can breed selfishness and privilege spur moral duty
https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/adversity-not-best-politicians-ftr2tvv06
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I wrote this about my increasing conviction that one of the defining facts of modern politics and culture is the trauma of living in the shadow of the peaceful and prosperous early 2000s, which we will look back on as historyās greatest golden age
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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We shouldnāt look back ā but we canāt help it
My generation feels envy at the conviction shared just 25 years ago that the countryās best years were ahead of us
https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/we-shouldnt-look-back-nostalgia-z5mvlnqf8
about 2 months ago
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The Times and Sunday Times
26 days ago
Be afraid, death as entertainment is back
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Be afraid, death as entertainment is back
https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/death-entertainment-charlie-kirk-social-media-0z9v6rjlx?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1778160625
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Juli
about 1 month ago
āThe activists who first took up social media were rather like small children playing with loaded guns⦠ineptly wielding weapons much more powerful and complicated than they understood, firing with naive conviction in all directionsā
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www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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Cancel culture was cruel ā and totally erratic
Lesson from a decade of social media pile-ons is that mob rule destroys innocent lives while making others rich and famous
https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/cancel-culture-cruel-erratic-q99c02s63
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Nick Cohen
about 1 month ago
The iPhone is killing democracy Podcast with James Marriott on how the collapse of mass literacy is taking us into a new dark age
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The iPhone will kill democracy
Welcome to the new dark ages
https://open.substack.com/pub/nickcohen/p/the-iphone-will-kill-democracy?r=333vp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
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Naomi Alderman
about 2 months ago
I think we want there to be more!
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Maybe an Ong reading group, because he is quite DENSE and one needs to go over it a few times to get what heās saying
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Naomi Alderman
about 2 months ago
had a great conversation last night with
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on what our favourite philosopher of information - Walter Ong - can tell us about a historical moment when the most powerful leader in the English-speaking world is rowing with the Pope
naomialderman.substack.com/p/understand...
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understanding Donald Trump via Walter Ong's philosophy of the Reformation
A recording from Naomi Alderman's live video
https://naomialderman.substack.com/p/understanding-donald-trump-via-walter
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John Peters
about 2 months ago
This is good by
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though not convinced universities can or should teach character (Ā£)
www.thetimes.com/article//art...
The late great John Diamond once modestly claimed (paraphrase) he got a job bcs seen to be nice guy who turned up on time. Possible to go long way with tht
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Donāt overlook the power of a good chap
Temperament is often underestimated as a workplace quality but in public life it often trumps brains and ambition
https://www.thetimes.com/article//article/dont-overlook-power-good-chap-gnx9g3s8s
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The Times and Sunday Times
about 2 months ago
Donāt overlook the power of a good chap
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Donāt overlook the power of a good chap
https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/dont-overlook-power-good-chap-gnx9g3s8s?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1776106346
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Gingers for Limpar
about 2 months ago
Have plugged this a couple of times already, but Iām guessing nowās a moment when some of you might particularly appreciate distraction from football. An excellent series (and exactly the kind of thing the BBC should be doing).
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Ian McMillan
about 2 months ago
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
. Afternoon stroll soundtrack: more of this marvellous series
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@bbcsounds.bsky.social
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Understand - How Reading Made Us - 2. How Reading Made Our Feelings - BBC Sounds
Did reading make us lonely, set us free, and even end torture? James Marriott investigates
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002sn8m?partner=uk.co.bbc
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Luke Tryl
about 2 months ago
late to this from James Marriott but itās one of the best pieces Iāve read this year because going beyond day to day politics/struggles people share in focus groups it captures something bigger we hear - that weāve passed our prime & itās all been down hill for years
www.thetimes.com/article/d123...
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Ian McMillan
about 2 months ago
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
. Evening stroll soundtrack: this really interesting podcast about the power of reading
@bbcsounds.bsky.social
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Radical with Amol Rajan - The Reading Recession: Are We Making Ourselves Less Intelligent? (James Marriott) - BBC Sounds
Tracing the historical relationship between reading, intelligence and democracy.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002tpw0?partner=uk.co.bbc
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Past Present Future Podcast
about 2 months ago
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Todayās ep was recorded in front of a live audience: David talks to author & journalist
@j-amesmarriott.bsky.social
about Whit Stillmanās Metropolitan, which dissects the lives, loves & reading habits of a group of well-to-do young New Yorkers. Find us at...š§
ppfideas.com
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John Peters
about 2 months ago
Things donāt look good. But a wealthy, highly technological society surely has reasons for hope as well as despair. A cultureās dynamism depends on tempering pessimism with a certain brave and even irrational faith in the future. (Ā£)
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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We shouldnāt look back ā but we canāt help it
My generation feels envy at the conviction shared just 25 years ago that the countryās best years were ahead of us
https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/we-shouldnt-look-back-nostalgia-z5mvlnqf8
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I wrote this about my increasing conviction that one of the defining facts of modern politics and culture is the trauma of living in the shadow of the peaceful and prosperous early 2000s, which we will look back on as historyās greatest golden age
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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We shouldnāt look back ā but we canāt help it
My generation feels envy at the conviction shared just 25 years ago that the countryās best years were ahead of us
https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/we-shouldnt-look-back-nostalgia-z5mvlnqf8
about 2 months ago
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Nick Jenkins
about 2 months ago
āThe fate of civilisation hangs in your hands. No pressure.ā All three episodes are worth the listen.
@j-amesmarriott.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Understand - How Reading Made Us - 1. How Reading Made Our Brains - BBC Sounds
Did learning to read rewire your brain? With James Marriott.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002sdyn?partner=uk.co.bbc
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Tim Bale
2 months ago
Me too.
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Alex MacLaren
2 months ago
Absolutely loving
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and
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on Jamesās radio show about reading /1
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Understand - How Reading Made Us - 1. How Reading Made Our Brains - BBC Sounds
Did learning to read rewire your brain? With James Marriott.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002sdyn?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
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Verity Kalcev
2 months ago
Loving this series
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www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Understand - How Reading Made Us - 1. How Reading Made Our Brains - BBC Sounds
Did learning to read rewire your brain? With James Marriott.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002sdyn
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Jonathan Emmett
2 months ago
I'm catching up on
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's excellent Radio 4 series HOW READING MADE US on BBC Sounds. Picture book creators will take affirmation from cognitive neuroscientist Maryanne Wolf's explanation of the importance of reading to children from an early age (from 4:20).
#KidLitUK
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Understand - How Reading Made Us - 1. How Reading Made Our Brains - BBC Sounds
Did learning to read rewire your brain? With James Marriott.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002sdyn?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
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Skirky
2 months ago
Splendid work
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well played!
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Dr Joe Baker
2 months ago
I implore you this weekend to listen to 'How Reading Made Us', a 3-part series by
@j-amesmarriott.bsky.social
for BBC Radio 4 ā the story of how reading made us and what might happen if we stop Part 1: How Reading Made Our Brains ā did reading rewire our brains and change the way we live today?
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BBC Radio 4 - Understand, How Reading Made Us, 1. How Reading Made Our Brains
Did learning to read rewire your brain? With James Marriott.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002sdyn
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Tom
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Enjoying the radio series and looking forward to the book. Although slightly disappointed the BBC hasnāt approached alternative viewpoints for balance.
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Prof Bob Davis
3 months ago
I strongly recommend this BBCRadio4 series on Reading from
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. There are imv a few Just-so(-neuro) stories in Ep 1 & a sharp swerve near the end to acknowledge the cognitive capacities of pre- or non-literate peoples. But essential listening
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio 4 - Understand, How Reading Made Us, 1. How Reading Made Our Brains
Did learning to read rewire your brain? With James Marriott.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002sdyn
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Tim Bale
3 months ago
When I'm not doing other stuff I listen to an awful lot of radio. This, by
@j-amesmarriott.bsky.social
, is one of this week's (and, indeed, the next three weeks') absolute must-listens. Really fascinating - and one for fans of
@jburnmurdoch.ft.com
and
@naomialderman.bsky.social
too.
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Understand - How Reading Made Us - 1. How Reading Made Our Brains - BBC Sounds
Did learning to read rewire your brain? With James Marriott.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002sdyn
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Robert Saunders
3 months ago
A rather gloomy read..., When I ask students whether they ever read for pleasure, the most common response is a look of total incomprehension, as if I've asked whether they play with dollies or ride a tricycle. Followed by "well, I did when I was a child".
www.generationtechblog.com/p/are-books-...
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Are books dead? Why Gen Z doesn't read
Even academically inclined teens aren't turning the pages anymore. That doesn't bode well.
https://www.generationtechblog.com/p/are-books-dead-why-gen-z-doesnt-read
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Mathew Lyons
3 months ago
Some weekend reading from me. First up, a brilliant edition of the Writer's Bookshelf with
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mathewlyons.substack.com/p/the-writer...
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My column this week is on the insanity of feeling dogmatically certain about anything in a world that is undergoing a series of profound economic, political and technological transformations:
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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Iām convinced⦠I donāt know what to think
From confusion about our polarised politics to uncertainty over AI, suddenly itās harder to take a firm stance on anything ā and thatās OK
https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/convinced-dont-know-what-think-7cxcf7st7
3 months ago
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Past Present Future Podcast
3 months ago
Just a handful of tickets left for the first in our new season of screenings & live recordings - Metropolitan with
@j-amesmarriott.bsky.social
. š¬ Regent St Cinema, London š Thursday 19th March ā° 7pm šļø Book your ticket here ā¬ļø
www.regentstreetcinema.com/movie/metrop...
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Metropolitan + Live Recording of Past Present Future Podcast with David Runciman, James Marriott
Whit Stillmanās masterpiece explores the impossibly bookish lives of a group of young Manhattan socialites during party season as they talk their way through topics large and small. A glorious pre-int...
https://www.regentstreetcinema.com/movie/metropolitan-live-recording-of-past-present-future-podcast-with-david-runciman-james-marriott
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Sam Leith
3 months ago
I've started a Substack for bits and pieces. First post asks the pressing question of our times: What Would You Do Alone In A Cage With Nothing But Cocaine?
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The Pharmakon | Sam Leith | Substack
Sam Leith on Reading, Writing, Re-Reading, Rhetoric and Recovery. Click to read The Pharmakon, by Sam Leith, a Substack publication. Launched a few seconds ago.
https://samleith.substack.com/
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And The New Dark Ages now has a cover! Bitter years of book reviewing have taught me not to get excited and that most books are fated to be ignored. But I am finding it hard to stay entirely jaded in this instanceā¦
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One lesson of the Epstein emails is the total intellectual vacuousness of the international business elite
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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Jeffrey Epstein circleās ābig ideasā were vacuous guff
Emails show that despite hooking up the rich, the powerful and intellectuals, the philosophising was utterly banal
https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/jeffrey-epstein-circle-ideas-vacuous-95svk6v3l
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John Peters
4 months ago
Epstein and his acquaintances ā whom one might have naively credited with a kind of malign genius ā trade specious sub-TED talk musings on polling, quantum physics, life after death, global warming and international relations (Ā£)
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Excellent
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Jeffrey Epstein circleās ābig ideasā were vacuous guff
Emails show that despite hooking up the rich, the powerful and intellectuals, the philosophising was utterly banal
https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/jeffrey-epstein-circle-ideas-vacuous-95svk6v3l
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John Self
4 months ago
āAn age in which millions of people voluntarily sit through the podcasts of venture capitalists is one which has grown altogether too credulous of the idea that wealth is evidence of special insight into the human condition.ā
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MissRimQuinn
4 months ago
āThey will never believe it about themselves but sometimes the super-rich are as undeserving and talentless as the rest of us.ā
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One lesson of the Epstein emails is the total intellectual vacuousness of the international business elite
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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Jeffrey Epstein circleās ābig ideasā were vacuous guff
Emails show that despite hooking up the rich, the powerful and intellectuals, the philosophising was utterly banal
https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/jeffrey-epstein-circle-ideas-vacuous-95svk6v3l
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Jeremy Benson
4 months ago
I was never particuly into the cool things at primary school but
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John Peters
4 months ago
Runciman shows democratic governments reacted to existential crises with complacency, bickering and delay. Unedifying but itās how democracy works: ālots of little failures combine to produce lasting successā. (Ā£)
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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Democracyās chaotic but somehow it works
Liberal western systems are forever āin crisisā yet they stumble on, outlasting fascist tyrants and communist dictators
https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/democracys-chaotic-but-somehow-it-works-3ckczh072
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Sean Kenny
4 months ago
This, from
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Jonn Elledge
6 months ago
A hermit who takes a newspaper is not a hermit in whom one can have complete confidence.
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Shakespeare and Company
6 months ago
We are late to this piece by
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. It is brilliant, and sobering. We have a fight on our hands, booksellersā¦
jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...
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The dawn of the post-literate society
And the end of civilisation
https://jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-of-the-post-literate-society-aa1
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Smart Cookies podcast
6 months ago
As an Eastern European "frosty," I'm rarely rattled. However, after reading
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article, "The dawn of the post-literate society and the end of civilisation," I definitely was... Check out our CONVO here šš»
youtu.be/OpHIPKUWqOw
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I really enjoyed this conversation about the decline of reading and the threat addictive digital devices pose to our civilisation
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