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A lot of us are using machines to do stuff for us, these days. We have been encouraged to think that hacks are smart strategies in life. The truth is rather different, when it comes to neglecting your own brain in favour of technology. Use it or lose it! Our brain functions do not improve with neglect. Reading and writing are the two things that set us apart from all other animals on planet earth. Language is our innate superpower and if we outsource the processing of it to machines and AI, we will be the mentally poorer for it. Here are 3 important reasons why reading can save your brain health.
Dementia Is Now No 1 Cause Of Death Downunder
Thus, your odds of developing dementia or Alzheimer’s are pretty darn high. Reading can assist you in keeping your brain sharp for longer. Reading books, like non-fiction and essays, challenges your mental faculties far more than watching videos. Books of this kind are by their very nature, deeper and more profound reading experiences. Your brain has more of a workout when reading this material than reading light entertainment or watching videos of any description. You know, they always say that the book was better than the movie!
“Dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, accounted for over 17,500 deaths in 2024 and is now the nation’s leading cause of death, overtaking ischaemic heart diseases, according to data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
Lauren Moran, ABS head of mortality statistics, said: ‘The number of deaths caused by dementia has risen by 39 per cent over the last decade.’ “
Reading Philosophy Improves Your Mental Health
You know, self-help books and mind, body, spirit books are all offshoots of philosophy, which has been around for thousands of years. The ancient Greeks and Romans were writing scrolls on Stoicism and Epicureanism millennia ago. This has morphed into lots of books about ways of living better lives via various different approaches. The important thing is that the focus was and is on how we think, feel and act. 3 important reasons why reading can save your brain health. Reading utilises the temporal lobe within our brains. Processing the meaning of words and sentences tests our intelligence and brain function. If you neglect this your brain will atrophy in this regard. Read something challenging every day for best results.
Listing Three Reasons Why Reading Enhances Brain Function
- The reading process engages our temporal lobe, which finds meaning in language. Language is the most important human invention ever. The reader, then, creates meaning & memory inside their brain.
- Reading makes you smarter & ready for subsequent related stuff.
- You will remember more important stuff from reading than from viewing videos.
Technology Is Not About Caring For Your Wellbeing
Big Tech, the billionaire oligarchs, like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, are not developing AI and social media for the good of humankind, they are in it for the money. Whilst there have been some good things as a result of these technologies, the wheel has turned and we are seeing the damage being done by social media to our kids and us. AI is about to launch an Armageddon of job losses across the globe. Human beings are led by a capitalist economic system, which does not look out or care about all of us equally. Collateral damage is coming in a big way to many millions of human beings to their lives, families and loved ones. It is time to stop following the herd and start questioning whether the technological trends are really serving you well. Read a book about this stuff today!
Why Are We Getting Poorer?
“Why is everything so expensive now? What price life? Why are we getting poorer? First and foremost, the entire economy is set up to greatly favour owners over all other parts. Investors are owners, of course, and the company executives operate on their behalf. Shareholders are king and everyone else runs a poor second. Thus, profitability is always the prime consideration and profits have to constantly increase to satisfy the shareholders. Plus, executives manipulate the stock price through buybacks to enrich themselves wildly. This is where we get all the billionaires from. Elon Musk is a prominent illustration of this, the richest man in the world.”
Robert Sudha Hamilton is the author of What Price Life?; America Matters: Pre-apocalyptic Posts & Essays in the Shadow of Trump; and other titles. NOW AVAILABLE AT APPLE BOOKS & GOOGLE PLAY BOOKS. Google Play Books AUDIOBOOK
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