In terms of accessibility and ease of finding your next read,yes I would agree with that. But, the culture of Goodreads et al. would make you do you reading like people do everything else nowadays to "show off" (i.e. share it) with your "friends" so they too know how many book you can handle per year. That's why I hate Goodreads for instance.

Some are reading with great comprehension rates, most are skimming through content, and up to the..next piece.

For me, it was my school's enforced reading and book reports that taught me to skim and just pick up enough info to write a report, and the internet was ultimately what restored my capability to read and attention span, as I could find things that genuinely interested me.

Obviously, the internet has changed a lot since I was a kid, but I'm not entirely sure that there's just nobody being exposed to larger amounts of text and that few people online have interests greater than TikTok.

How is this different from reading books? Most people are likely not "reading with great comprehension rates" when they read a book either.

If you read fiction books that way, you're not going to enjoy the book very much. In fact, you likely won't finish it.

I think this is pretty natural given we live in an information-abundant world now. Taking the time to read everything you could get your hands on makes a lot of sense when you don't have constant access to everything.

For me, there are some writings that are really great and some that are a drag. I typically skim to figure out if something is really great. If it looks good after a skim, I'll dig deep. I suspect many others are the same, though there probably are some junkies who never dig deep.

Are comprehension rates that important when your goal isn’t something serious like education or self-help?

Yeah, that one on polymathy, is my all-time favorite!

yeah, it resembles the "happiness is a choice" motto used and repeated by many. I would say that it isn't always the case

Agreed. Sometimes, it is exceedingly difficult to step outside your immediate emotional state to make rational decisions.

As a retired EMT, I have spent a lot of time helping people in extreme situations to elevate their consciousness above the immediate flood of input. I was not always successful, but the capability of the human brain to filter input is rather astounding.

It is almost always the case, at least in some point of everyone's life. In a lifetime, every human being can find happiness and joy in life.

Yeah, sadly I've ADHD and in my country I can't access them and frankly don't know what to do

I drink about 2 to 3 per day. I tried to quit and I did successfully for 1 days. My sleep got better. I overcame Caffeine Withdrawal Symptoms, but then I found myself unable to do what I needed to do. (Reading for a long time, writing, etc..) I was only to do certain things that I didn't find boring for me like running or going out for a walk or cooking

>Severe adverse events: 1 heart failure 1 exacerbation of Crohn’s disease 1 acute pancreatitis 1 treatment for suicidal thoughts