If You Quit Social Media, Will You Read More Books? | The New Yorker

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Books are inefficient, and the internet is training us to expect optimized experiences.

Save this story Save this story You’re reading Fault Lines , Jay Caspian Kang’s weekly column on politics and the media. Here’s a thought many of us have these days: if only we weren’t on our damn phones all the time, we would surely unlock a better self—one that went on hikes and talked more with our children and felt less rank jealousy about other people’s successes. It’s a nice idea; once a day, at least, I wonder what my life would be like if I smashed my phone into bits and never contacted AppleCare. Would I become a scratch golfer or one of those fathers who does thousand-piece puzzles w

If You Quit Social Media, Will You Read More Books? | The New Yorker

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