Recent research has brought a sobering revelation: leisure reading among U.S. adults has dropped nearly 40 per cent over the last two decades. Where once nearly a third of Americans reported reading daily for pleasure, now barely 16 per cent do so. On the surface, this looks like a cultural shift. In truth, it may also be a biological one. The Brain on Fiction Reading matters. When we immerse ourselves in a novel, our brains […]
So this is what happens a decade after you fire all of the copyeditors and then swirl AI into the mix. According to NPR: Some newspapers around the country, including the Chicago Sun-Times and at least one edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer have published a syndicated summer book list that includes made-up books by famous authors. Chilean American novelist Isabel Allende never wrote a book called Tidewater Dreams, described in the “Summer reading list for […]
In the beautifully conceived and executed “How Books Help Us Stop Living in the Shallows” in Thrive, Arianna Huffington takes the time to tell us how the electronic age is rewiring our brains: and not in a good way. Huffington writes that our “new way of taking in information is driving our inability to focus and reflect deeply because it’s also altering the underlying architecture in our brains.“ Asa result, as a culture, we’re reading […]
You might have noticed that January Magazine took an unexpected time out. In the process of moving to a bigger, better and fancier server, something went terribly wrong and we were down for about 12 hours. Looks like we’re back now and stronger than ever (do to that fancy new server) but if you see a bit of a mess here or there, let us know. We still have a bit to clean up. Photo […]
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is on its way experts suggest it’s going to change everything. A recent conceit, the phrase was coined in 2015 was first introduced by then executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab. Smartypants Technology Report talks about the Fourth Industrial Revolution in an article about a recently published book on the topic called Fightback: How to Win in the Digital Economy with Platforms, Ventures and Entrepreneurs. Digitalization is the […]
Immersive education counters the systematic barriers that impede the application of effective education strategy in Nigeria and opens up new horizons for enabling sustained access to quality education” — Dr. Sana Farid, CEO & Co-Founder Munfarid – Mulhimat – VRXOne VRXOne is a state-of-the-art Immersive Education Program created by Munfarid, an innovation firm specializing in Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, and Augmented Reality. The company’s program targets K-12, higher education, non-formal education, and even special […]
(Editor’s note: This review comes from Ben Terrall, a writer based in San Francisco, California, whose work has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Francisco Bay View, In These Times, CounterPunch, and Noir City. Terrall last wrote for January Magazine about How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them, by Jason Stanley.) In recent years a plethora of books have been published about the rise of Silicon Valley’s giant technology companies. Some […]
At a time when many of us are discovering the price we’ve had to pay for constant electronic connection, as a culture we are also rediscovering the slow reward brought on by reading a book. Some mental health experts even have a name for it: Bibliotherapy. Because it turns out that, along with everything else it does, reading a book is good for what ails you. From Stylist: Reading a book is one of life’s […]
Ready for a new network for talent discovery and collaboration? Wait no longer: Daisie has arrived. From Tech Crunch: Actress Maisie Williams, best known for her role as Arya Stark on Game of Thrones, is the latest celeb to venture into tech entrepreneurship, with the launch of a new company aimed at connecting creatives, called Daisie. Available later this summer as a mobile app, Daisie will offer a platform where creators can network, like, share […]
Thinking about throwing out that old typewriter? Think again. Long a topic of careful and considered industrial design, collectors are getting wind of the fact that the seemingly obsolete typewriter is a thing of collectible beauty. From Christie’s blog: The museum community has long recognised their significance. A Roger Tallon retrospective on view at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris earlier this year showed how the French designer worked on jolly-looking Japy typewriters as […]
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