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Reading should be treated as cognitive fitness: scheduled daily, with distracting digital media avoided the way we avoid junk food.

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  1. Cal Newport

    Computer science professor at Georgetown and author of Deep Work

    We should treat highly distracting digital garbage like junk food – something we largely avoid – and purposefully schedule a non-trivial amount of time each day to read, write, and self-reflect, just as we now dedicate time to walking, jogging, and weight lifting.

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