'..that #BookReading “understimulates the senses”.. makes the activity so..rewarding. By allowing us to filter out distractions, to quiet the problem-solving functions of the frontal lobes, #DeepReading becomes a form of #DeepThinking. The mind of the experienced book reader is a calm mind..[with] the firing of our neurons, it’s a mistake to assume that more is better. ' In #TheShallows #NicolasCarr makes me think of #KurtVonnegut writing that reading books is the Western form of meditation.