tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post333297200167524368..comments2024-03-26T03:46:04.937-07:00Comments on Books in Northport: Pages From My Checkered PastP. J. Grathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-60686434349928171082010-04-17T07:30:34.820-07:002010-04-17T07:30:34.820-07:00Dawn, the same would undoubtedly be true for me re...Dawn, the same would undoubtedly be true for me reading someone else's list of favorites.P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-50808191300763690452010-04-17T06:19:46.258-07:002010-04-17T06:19:46.258-07:00It's fun to read the list and see how many I&#...It's fun to read the list and see how many I've read. Not enough.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00824027366993286152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-44396198745904390132010-04-16T13:11:05.192-07:002010-04-16T13:11:05.192-07:00The only one I can't dredge up from my submerg...The only one I can't dredge up from my submerged memory banks is DELUGE, but it must have made a big impression on me to get on that list.<br /><br />(I know what you mean about the hammocks.)P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-59746653011855539852010-04-16T12:22:15.043-07:002010-04-16T12:22:15.043-07:00What surprises me most are how many of those books...What surprises me most are how many of those books I have <i>not</i> read. So now I have a handy list to consult the next time I'm feeling book-restless! <br /><br />So many books, so few hammocks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-42610290175243643262010-04-16T10:10:41.367-07:002010-04-16T10:10:41.367-07:00Which posts get attention: I'm wondering if wh...Which posts get attention: I'm wondering if what we're noticing doesn't perhaps relate to a basic difference between reading online and reading print on paper. Again, somewhere in the last decade I read a book that focused in depth on this distinction, and I have not been able to retrieve the title of author's name yet. Material difference is that of emitted (screen) vs. reflected (page) light. What seems to follow from that difference is that screen attention span is shorter than page attention span. The scariest part is that the more time we spent in front of the screen, hopping from twig to twig, the more our brain changes, shortening our ability to follow complex narrative and argument. So if people aren't reading our "deepest" blogs, it might not mean that what we write is boring in its essence but that the medium is working against us. <br /><br />You went to tracker school? That is so cool! You are the second person to tell me that, although the first was a few years ago. That book is a real American classic, don't you think?P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-72658286591556994042010-04-16T09:31:59.696-07:002010-04-16T09:31:59.696-07:00Well, Pamela, I am glad you have had an up week on...Well, Pamela, I am glad you have had an up week on Facebook. Life is certainly strange... Like you, it seems like some of my deepest blogs not getting much attention and the more trivial ones getting lots. Same on Facebook. Weird.<br /><br />So did you notice that purpose decision to be a bit more vulnerable and honest with yesterday's post. Per our email last week. <br /><br />I am going to go back to your book list and peruse it more later. I can't believe you listed Tom Brown Jr.'s book The Tracker. Did you know I went to his school out in New Jersey twice? Once for wilderness survival and the other time for "Philosophy", Native American Style. Thanks for this post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com