Reading

Video and text are not simply two different containers for the same information. They encourage different mental habits. Compared with serious reading, video tends to be a shallower medium for processing complex ideas, and short-form social video pushes that tendency much further. Social media can still contain useful things: firsthand reports, breaking news, unusual experiences, and information that has not yet reached books or traditional media. But usefulness does not make the medium harmless....

This is the second book by C.S. Lewis I’ve read after Mere Christianity. Though short, it took me several days to finish. In heaven, everything is solid and real. The ghosts can’t handle this reality, mainly because of their own mindset. Hell starts from a tiny thought and grows when exposed to heaven’s truth. These thoughts can grow until they take over the soul, making the ghosts unable to bear heaven’s reality, forcing them back to Earth....

Communication is necessary in our life. Reading is also a form of communication. When I’m reading, it just like I’m talking with the author.

Until today I finished reading 20 books written in English. Twenty books is not a lot, but it’s a big step for me. It’s a good accomplishment. Just keep going.