Emma Charlton at the World Economic Forum summarizes a report that finds by cutting out three 10-minute social media checks a day you could read as many as 30 more books a year.
"Just a couple of five-minute breaks every hour are hundreds of hours yearly," the Omni Calculator's creators say. "You cut your social media time by half, and you still get plenty of time to read, run or earn money."
It recommends turning off push notifications that appear on your screen, deleting some apps, calling your friends rather than messaging them, and taking short holidays from all social media once in a while.
(Score: 2) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Monday August 19 2019, @03:45AM (7 children)
Most people I know who are fan of social media can't read terribly fast. They'd need more than 5 minutes here and there to go through 3 books a year, let alone 30.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday August 19 2019, @04:06AM (3 children)
At first.
If they keep practicing, who knows how many more they could read?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 3, Funny) by Gaaark on Monday August 19 2019, @04:21AM (2 children)
I heard JFK took speed reading classes so he could get through the names in his little black book faster.
"MarilynMonroeIngaArvadFrancisAnnCannonJudithExner....oh... AndThatWomanIMarriedAnd....."
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 3, Funny) by c0lo on Monday August 19 2019, @04:55AM (1 child)
Al Gore wasn't fully [wikipedia.org] invented [wikipedia.org] at the time, no Project Gutenberg for JFK.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 19 2019, @06:10PM
You don't know about Al Gore Rhythms?
(Score: 2) by captain normal on Monday August 19 2019, @04:32AM (1 child)
Well, they need a lot of pictures and video. All those jpeg files and You tube videos take a lot of time.
When life isn't going right, go left.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday August 19 2019, @08:33AM
Oh, man, those animated gif memes are sooo exhausting (grin)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 19 2019, @03:41PM
Depends on how many words are longer than four letters.