The Mountain (Which Mountain?)
He longs for the one line to give them that they will always remember, that will embrace everything, that will point the way, but he cannot find the line, he cannot recognise it.
Issue 11: does reading have an empathy problem?
It’s been theorised at many points, that art – and in particular, reading fiction – can help to develop increased empathy.
Issue 10: can we still read?
Previously, the bevy of bright-screened distractions which Silicon Valley cooked up have carried only the ‘mere’ risk of distraction. However, LLM usage presents something qualitatively different.
Issue 9: Lilac Cabs and Voice Matching
'... to read carefully, and not to be satisfied with a superficial understanding of a book.'
Issue 8: rewriting and agency
'My heavenly favourite, I'll come straight out with it: I should have taken a paring knife and incised you like a sore in a claw horn...'