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How to read more books (as a novelty-seeker)

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The reading technique that hijacks your brain's hunger for new information

Your brain craves novelty. New experiences. New sensations. New information. That’s why your phone is so addictive. It’s why you can’t stop scrolling on social media, despite feeling like crap while doing it. A phone offers an endless stream of novelty, and that stream catches us and sweeps us away, time and time again. What if we created a healthier stream of high-quality information? One that made us smarter and more at peace instead of stupider, overstimulated, and anxious? What if we were to take that novelty-seeking tendency of the brain and use it to addict us to a healthier…

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