Gurteen Knowledge Blog July 3, 2024, 07:34People are reading less and understanding less of what they read, which is a societal problem. Social media and short online content make it hard to focus on longer, more complex writing. We often skim articles instead of reading them carefully, which makes it hard to understand complex ideas and … Continue reading The Decline of Reading We need to enhance reading comprehension skills
Gurteen Knowledge Blog July 2, 2024, 09:08I recently came across Roland Barthes‘s thought-provoking essay, The Death of the Author. In this influential work, Barthes challenges traditional literary views by arguing against the idea of authors as sole creators of meaning. Instead, he suggests that writing emerges from various cultural influences rather than a single authorial voice. … Continue reading The Death of the Author A perspective shift
The most reliable antidepressant is rekindled curiosity, and only the curious try to draw bits of the world together into words. The word curious derives from the latin cura, which also gives us both cure and care. Curiosity is a cure for self-absorption, the cure being to care about the world and lay down roots … Continue reading Curiosity as the Ultimate Antidepressant Joe Moran
