Every fanaticism is the same mistake | Nectarium

Obsession with money, religion, sex, drugs or self-destruction all share one flaw: the eye is too close to one thing to see the other possibilities.

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Reading makes you do the film's workGrant Shipway · 9:51
Reading forces the imagination to do the work a film does for you: turning letters into words into sentences, remembering it all, and working out why characters behave as they do.
Reading satisfies because it is workTamir Barzilai · 13:54
Like exercise, reading releases its pleasure because it is effortful. It is an active activity, not a passive one, which is also why it meets more resistance.
Match the challenge to your levelGrant Shipway · 14:43
A crossword made for a five-year-old gives no satisfaction. Literature, like exercise, has to be pitched at your current comprehension and the effort you're willing to give.
A book can be good but not for you nowTamir Barzilai · 21:11
Judge a book's quality apart from its appeal to you at this moment: the same book can be bad for you today and good in 20 years.
Slowness makes excitement excitingGrant Shipway · 19:33
Reflective, slow passages pause the action so the exciting parts feel more exciting, something the young reader who wants speed often misses.
Futile aspiration beats no desireGrant Shipway · 30:46
A protagonist who still wants something, however absurd, is more compelling than one who has given up wanting anything.