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Hello!
In this era, the "time limit for the benefits" of reading books seems too long, and young people like me may be addicted to watching a 20-minute short video to obtain a certain superficial knowledge, and no longer need to hold a stack of related books to chew, digest, summarize, and summarize slowly.
Therefore, I would like to ask, in today's rapid development of scientific and technological means, short videos, and live broadcasts, what are the advantages of reading? Or why do we still keep reading?
Yi Lun
A reply to Elun
2024.05
Yi Lun:
Hello!
In your letter, you mentioned that in today's rapid development of science and technology, young people are keen to obtain simple knowledge through short videos and are unwilling to read in depth, so what are the advantages of reading? I think that's a very good question and would love to go into more depth with you.
We recognize that the emergence of various means of communication and information technology has brought great convenience to people's access to knowledge. Today, we're going to return to the fundamental question: Why study? Reading books has at least two fundamental goals, one is to obtain information, and the other is to build personality. In both respects, web browsing and reading a book in depth can lead to completely different results.
First of all, these two attitudes in life are different. When you read a book, you are the host, and when you browse the website and watch short videos, you are the guest. When you are studying, you usually sit upright and have a calm mind, as if you are talking to a big man in a temple. When we integrate our emotions into the characters who appear in the book, the activity of our brains is very close to the activity of the actual experience, and this experience affects the formation of our personality - reading a book can increase the value of your actual experience dozens of times. When browsing websites and watching short videos, you are like a consumer shopping aimlessly, a guest - this kind of blind and impulsive consumption cannot accumulate knowledge. People may be able to gain some shallow knowledge from it, but shallow knowledge alone will not create a fulfilling and meaningful life for us. How to live one's life more deeply is the most important thing in modern society. This is the process of personality development, and reading books is the most effective way.
Secondly, the depth of these two lives is not the same. An important indicator of modern society is the improvement of people's cultural literacy. The so-called cultural literacy is to be able to grasp and understand the essence of things. The formation of cultural literacy comes from reading, and there is no other way. In the same way, communication skills are honed through reading, that is, writing. Communication can be superficial and profound. Communication that is superficial and difficult to trust from the beginning to the end is superficial. Reading cultivates people's ability to communicate deeply. The reason why people can feel love is also because of the result of deep communication. The foundation of communication ability contains cognition: when communicating with others, you should correctly recognize the other party's situation, feelings, words and deeds, etc., and be able to instantly understand the complex feelings of the other party, which also belongs to cognition. For example, those feelings that cannot be expressed simply in words such as happiness, sadness, and regret,
If you can understand and accept the feelings of the other person, it is conducive to promoting deeper communication. In fact, there are many similar complex emotions described in literature. By reading good literature, we can feel complex emotions and learn to express them in written language. This is something that shallow reading can't bring.
In the end, the charms of these two types of life are different. We are often deeply attracted by many ancient people or a wise man we have never met, often because of the charm they show in their words - words are the voice of the heart, and the words are like the person. If you want to know if a person is interesting, you can actually exchange letters a few times. The Internet is very good as a tool for communication, but it is not very useful from the perspective of gaining the charm of life. We think that attractive people are those who are knowledgeable, have strong language cognitive skills, speak wittily, can communicate deeply, and have a noble personality and depth. People who only communicate on social networks cannot enter deeper spaces, but friends can enter deep emotional exchanges. Even if you are facing the same thing and have different depths, the information captured will vary from person to person. People with strong cognitive abilities can obtain more information, and can capture and understand deeper information. The more you read, the more you can read about the joy of the world, and the more fascinating you will be. A glamorous life will attract many people with strong cognitive abilities to communicate with you, and your life will be as wide and full of life as the ocean and the deep sea, rather than just playing in the shallows.
I hope you enjoy reading and take reading as a kind of life practice. We also have the opportunity to exchange reading experiences together.
Smooth
Cheyenne
Pi Jun
May 11, 2024
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