Emma Cox on Nostr: I never understood the gamification of reading. You read to be informed, educated, ...

I never understood the gamification of reading. You read to be informed, educated, enlightened, entertained, to empathise, to laugh and/or cry.

Gamification takes the focus away from the subject being read and hones it instead on the page numbers, the number of books read and the speed. It causes anxiety in the reader if they're not hitting their intended target, or gives them something to boast about if they do.

Books are meant to be savoured. Not binged like ultra-processed food.

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