Privileging book reading over, say, every other form of intellectual activity is near-peak journalism twitterbrainpic.twitter.com/UGfLGMLjGj
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Only in the hallowed halls of lib arts academia and on journalism Twitter is book reading > math, logic, the trades, crafts (unless currently in vogue because they're hygge or Kondo or something), athletic activity (the moving body is communicating in its own way), music, etc.
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I remember a friend of mine telling me he and his journo buddies were making a difference..."here's what we're reading now, we're doing the work." That was the first time I'd heard of reading, a leisure activity for those who have the time to do it, described as "doing the work"
