Not a “kids nowdays” problem, more like a “nowdays” problem. I used to read about 4 books a month (the library would let me take up to 4 books home for up to a month tops) and I still love some books but I can not, for my mother’s life, sit the fucking down to do so. I’m pooping right now and I’m in the fucking phone. Our attention span is really taking a toll thanks to phones. Oh FYI the only “social media” I use is lemmy. I don’t even have an instagram/tiktok account
Youre acting like using social media is “not your fault”.
Kids nowadays KNOW theyre adiccted to social media, they KNOW thats why they cant concentrate, but they act like they cant do anything about it.
Kids need vices when we force excessive stressors on them
Same as adults
Our society is setup to keep everyone burnt out and irritatable, and it would be a lot worse without our vices.
We can fix this whenever we feel like removing unnecessary stressors from people’s lives
When people regularly get excess leisure time they will choose to read books, instead of the quick hits of dopamine they get from social media that take way less time and energy commitment than a book.
Having tried audio books, how do you pay attention? The second something catches my attention (or more likely I start reading something else) I completely zone out. Makes listening to anything important extremely tedious as ill likely rewind numerous times if not give up.
I only use audio books for pleasure reading, so I don’t know if that counts as ‘anything important’. As for focusing on the actual book, I’ve got decent dual focus, but I tend to aggressively pause my books when distracted to minimize that, and the app has an auto-rewind feature so it can roll back a bit (I have 30s) after a pause to cover anything you may have missed. Listening to a book or a podcast while driving/doing chores/anything that doesn’t require much brain power is pretty normal for me.
Not a “kids nowdays” problem, more like a “nowdays” problem. I used to read about 4 books a month (the library would let me take up to 4 books home for up to a month tops) and I still love some books but I can not, for my mother’s life, sit the fucking down to do so. I’m pooping right now and I’m in the fucking phone. Our attention span is really taking a toll thanks to phones. Oh FYI the only “social media” I use is lemmy. I don’t even have an instagram/tiktok account
Youre acting like using social media is “not your fault”. Kids nowadays KNOW theyre adiccted to social media, they KNOW thats why they cant concentrate, but they act like they cant do anything about it.
Kids need vices when we force excessive stressors on them
Same as adults
Our society is setup to keep everyone burnt out and irritatable, and it would be a lot worse without our vices.
We can fix this whenever we feel like removing unnecessary stressors from people’s lives
When people regularly get excess leisure time they will choose to read books, instead of the quick hits of dopamine they get from social media that take way less time and energy commitment than a book.
Echoing the audiobook suggestion. Much like you, I struggle to sit down and read, but if it’s an audiobook I can do other stuff while I “read”.
Having tried audio books, how do you pay attention? The second something catches my attention (or more likely I start reading something else) I completely zone out. Makes listening to anything important extremely tedious as ill likely rewind numerous times if not give up.
I only use audio books for pleasure reading, so I don’t know if that counts as ‘anything important’. As for focusing on the actual book, I’ve got decent dual focus, but I tend to aggressively pause my books when distracted to minimize that, and the app has an auto-rewind feature so it can roll back a bit (I have 30s) after a pause to cover anything you may have missed. Listening to a book or a podcast while driving/doing chores/anything that doesn’t require much brain power is pretty normal for me.
Tried audiobooks?