Reading in Slow Motion | 5 Methods of Slow Reading
In this video, I introduce the dangers of speed reading, what happens when you slow down your reading pace, and the unexpected benefits of a deep, imaginative immersion into literature. With five proven methods of slow reading, you'll learn how to enhance your reading experience and cultivate a deep connection with the written word.
The difficulty of not just reading much but reading well is a matter of attention. Literature is the verbal art of human life and experience, and, as such, it demands humane, attentive participation. While today’s visual iconography demands and regulates our attention by means of instant gratification, literature requires the surrender of our time and imagination through the promise of perpetual gratification, a gratification that begins the moment we behold the white interval between the first chapter heading and its first sentence and continues long after we’ve closed the book.
Case against speed-reading 0:00-2:00
Slow Reading 2:00-3:56
Method 1 3:57-5:39
Method 2 5:40-6:43
Method 3 6:44-8:25
Method 4 8:26-9:07
Method 5 9:08-10:39
Conclusion 10:40-11:49
Works Cited and Further Reading
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Sven Birkerts, The Gutenberg Elegies
Reuben A. Brower, “Reading in Slow Motion"
Alan Jacobs, The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction
https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/...
https://www.psychologicalscience.org/...
/ speed-reading-is-a-myth
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