Analysis Of The Lost Art Of Reading By David Ulin
“The Lost Art of Reading,” by David Ulin
According to the article “The Lost Art of Reading,” by Ulin, David in the Los Angeles Times, reveals to us his difficulty with winding himself down to read. The lack of not allowing himself to dive into a book or with not allowing himself some time to himself. “I pick up a book and read a paragraph; then my mind wanders and I check my e-mail, drift onto the Internet, pace the house before returning to the page,”(Ulin, David). He shows us how he is more interested with a distraction rather than focus on who he is.
In addition to his difficulty the writer goes on to talk about how many of us have lost ourselves too time. We get wrapped up in the present instead of staying connected to who we are. It also goes on to say that we don’t really think anymore, and we have conditioned ourselves to only react.
At the end of the day it is still possible to make the time and find a quiet place to dive into a good read. After all, the reason we read is to escape and find ourselves in the story rather than being just a reader. If we lose ourselves, we have lost all control.
“Mind Over Mass Media,” by Steven Pinker
According to the article “Mind Over Mass Media,” by Pinker, Steven in the New York Times, tells us that it is normal when any new forms of media arise it is seen as a threat to the norm …show more content…
Since, some would say that the use of internet has increased the human intelligence since we have adapted to the change and being introduced to something new. We are also redirection our mind and changing our thought process. We have adopted a new way of doing things it’s not the old way of doing things like many are used to. We underestimate the power of the brain, the brain is a responsive organ which adapts to its environment in this case the network (Blakemore, Colin-3). Their still a lot of things that we have yet to learn about the brain. That’s an ongoing process and so is the
According to the article “The Lost Art of Reading,” by Ulin, David in the Los Angeles Times, reveals to us his difficulty with winding himself down to read. The lack of not allowing himself to dive into a book or with not allowing himself some time to himself. “I pick up a book and read a paragraph; then my mind wanders and I check my e-mail, drift onto the Internet, pace the house before returning to the page,”(Ulin, David). He shows us how he is more interested with a distraction rather than focus on who he is.
In addition to his difficulty the writer goes on to talk about how many of us have lost ourselves too time. We get wrapped up in the present instead of staying connected to who we are. It also goes on to say that we don’t really think anymore, and we have conditioned ourselves to only react.
At the end of the day it is still possible to make the time and find a quiet place to dive into a good read. After all, the reason we read is to escape and find ourselves in the story rather than being just a reader. If we lose ourselves, we have lost all control.
“Mind Over Mass Media,” by Steven Pinker
According to the article “Mind Over Mass Media,” by Pinker, Steven in the New York Times, tells us that it is normal when any new forms of media arise it is seen as a threat to the norm …show more content…
Since, some would say that the use of internet has increased the human intelligence since we have adapted to the change and being introduced to something new. We are also redirection our mind and changing our thought process. We have adopted a new way of doing things it’s not the old way of doing things like many are used to. We underestimate the power of the brain, the brain is a responsive organ which adapts to its environment in this case the network (Blakemore, Colin-3). Their still a lot of things that we have yet to learn about the brain. That’s an ongoing process and so is the