It's Rude to Read

against socially mandated distraction

Nobody can read anymore. People are always saying it: they’re saying it here on Substack. They’re saying it on social media and they’re saying it to one another in person. I’m one of the people saying it: I can’t read like I once did! When we were kids we’d stay up for hours on a schoolnight, finishing a book. We’d read in the back of the car on road tr…