> You really think my reading skills are so deficient...
I don't know you; I don't know anything about your reading skills. What you've shown so far isn't promising, though, IMHO.
Let's agree to disagree and go do something else. It's midnight in Paris, I'm going to bed.
You really think my reading skills are so deficient that I thought she was lecturing everyone on becoming an entymologist? Really? Or are you not engaging with the meaning of what I actually said?
>that there is value in doing nothing, or, well, reading something several times,
No, you misunderstood her. She wrote:
>Itβs all here, inside and in the room β not on the screen β before us.
In other words, how about not spending "screen time" on harpers.org reading her essay (especially if you've already been exposed to it like many HN'rs already have).
Instead, she advises to appreciate doing "nothing", savoring "boredom", and experiencing "empty" time -- such as watching ants, sharing coffee, listening to rain, whatever.
(And no, I don't think she's lecturing us on becoming meteorologists to study precipitation -- so you don't need to go there.)