February 16, 2018
In
Non fiction
On reading
Time is, next to health, the most valuable asset of mankind. Today, in the era of technological revolution, it is also one of the most scarcest assets. As Einstein figured it out, time is also relative. While we do not tolerate any article that exceeds a reading time of 10 minutes or 5 thumb scrolls, we can watch limitless 10-minute videos on Youtube. Reading a book – that rectangular papyrus invention – is nowadays almost an old medieval practice. The amount of time spent on reading books is declined over centuries in the Netherlands.1 Currently, 50 minutes – at its best-...
