Posts Tagged ‘fiction’
On cutting “empty brain calories” by reading a book instead of social media
Stop doomscrolling on social media and read a book (Fortune): 2020 is the year I decided to cut back on empty brain calories. That’s right, I swore off the mindless junk from social media. Because we are all likely to conduct more and more doomscrolling as the election nears and 2020 continues its infamy, I…
Read MoreChanging our Minds…by Reading Fiction
(Editor’s Note: we are pleased to bring you this article thanks to our collaboration with Greater Good Magazine.) Changing our Minds By imagining many possible worlds, argues novelist and psychologist Keith Oatley, fiction helps us understand ourselves and others. ‑By Keith Oatley For more than two thousand years people have insisted that reading fiction is good…
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