The image above is from a presentation I put together for an undergraduate writing course at Boston College. The caption reads, “Often, people think they are reading when they are really not.”
I do this all the time: If I’m trying to read and listen to something (particularly music with words or podcasts) simultaneously, I almost always realize that I’m either not hearing what’s playing or I’m not reading what’s in front of me. My mind won’t let me have two conversations at the same time, which is essentially what I’m telling it to do if I try to read and watch video/talk on the phone/listen to a podcast simultaneously.
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