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Comment by anon23432343 | Hacker News Reader

The internet or modern technology is not only social media...

Its like saying a books are only cheesy romantic 5 penny books...

it's not really about the content, but about the medium. A book, whatever its content is relaxing to read & interact with

What? This is the dumbest thing I have read on HN in a while.

Do you want me really to write down some books were you should not be relaxed?

I would start with It. There's nothing quite as relaxing as a horror novel about a shapeshifting space clown murdering children.

But a book like that is something that you sink into, the author draws you into their fictional world, over a period of hours.

That's quite different that 45 seconds of outrage the on to the next click-bait, isn't it?

The attention span required seems quite different between the two. I assume that's why people are concerned that things like social networks may be detrimental to focused thinking.

EDIT: I agree that a book like "It", full of suspense, would not ordinarily be considered relaxing to read.

this other comment is same as mine https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38507780, you're also reacting like someone over-technologized

Did you read the article? Nowhere did I say that, but I called out social media because the article focuses on social media, and mentions it as being problematic multiple times.

The ‘mild cognitive impairment’ now being observed in younger generations may manifest in, among other things, not reading articles and books because they require a longer attention span and it feels too burdensome compared to reading and writing 1-2 sentence blurbs on social media...

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