Tag Archives: Reading

A Heirachy for Reading Mediums

Because there are a number of mediums in which to read (or listen—I’ll just keep referring to reading/listening as reading) a book, the manner in which we read a book can play a role in the way we understand and learn from that book. The following is a hierarchy of the way I categorize mediumsContinue reading “A Heirachy for Reading Mediums”

Individualism and the burden of learning

No doubt, you know the experience of feeling constantly bombarded by a plethora of sources, opinions, facts, and fictions. I suggest we feel the burden of information more acutely due to our tendency to be individualistic. The weight of responsibility is more keenly placed on our minds because the responsibility is less diffused for theContinue reading “Individualism and the burden of learning”

Thoughts on, Recovering the Lost Art of Reading. Part 2

Will you get more out of the Bible if you are a better reader? Obviously, yes! To say otherwise is absurd. The Bible is read. Reading is a technical skill. It requires competency. There is a degree of understanding that you need to begin reading but then you also grow in degrees of competency thusContinue reading “Thoughts on, Recovering the Lost Art of Reading. Part 2”

Thoughts on, Recovering the Lost Art Of Reading. Part 1

Does the availability of reading material through the Internet promote better reading in your experience? First of all, surely it’s a good thing that there is more access to reading material in general across all sorts of mediums, electronic included. That’s because it potentially means more access to knowledge. The trouble with widespread access isContinue reading “Thoughts on, Recovering the Lost Art Of Reading. Part 1”

The Reader and External Knowledge

What is more important, to have; a limited but growing amount of internal knowledge, or to have access to a vast and exponentially growing external source of information? There certainly isn’t anything wrong with having access to vast and exponentially growing sources of external knowledge. I know that you’ve even used these frequently perhaps evenContinue reading “The Reader and External Knowledge”