"Or maybe when you get to that passage, with the swipe of a finger you highlight it and email it to your dad, adding a thanks for his gift. Or you click to add your thoughts to a chorus of readers who found that same passage interesting; or you check to see if there's a link to a video clip; or you find an annotation from the author; or you post it to Twitter or Facebook or Google+, where others can comment on it too.
That's called "social reading," and it's coming to an e-reading app or device near you."
That's called "social reading," and it's coming to an e-reading app or device near you."
We are losing the art of brooding, contemplation, silence. We see more and more "group think" being heralded with terms like "social networking." Thoreau's "majority of one" becomes an alien idea. And then there's:
"All humanity's troubles come from not knowing how to sit still in one room," - Blaise Pascal.
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