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Note to Self

What Do Txts Do To Actual Writing?

Note to Self

WNYC Studios

Self-improvement, Tech, Note, Npr, Education, Public, Wnyc, Manoush, York, To, New, Self, Radio, Business, Technology, Relationships, City, Society & Culture, Zomorodi, Newtechcity

4.72.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2015

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

"Book of Numbers" author Joshua Cohen answers the question: If we know people are only going to skim, how does that change the way we write?

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Manouche, it's Note to Self.

0:02.3

We got a little salty language going on in this one here.

0:06.0

So if you've got kids in the car and you don't want them to hear,

0:10.2

certain four-letter words, yeah, just save this one for the jog by yourself.

0:17.7

I'm Manouche Summerodi and this is WNYC's Note to Self.

0:22.6

Is this product serving me or hurting me?

0:25.8

I want my technology to give me time to think.

0:28.8

The show where you and I find balance in the digital age.

0:33.6

Every other week we have our segment, question of note.

0:37.2

You ask a question, we find an answer.

0:40.8

So I'm just wondering what's the answer?

0:43.2

So, okay, I could do some help.

0:50.5

This week's question comes from Marisa Gaudi in Newport, New York.

0:54.8

She wrote in after our episode that was called,

0:57.4

there's something about paper.

0:58.8

That was a few weeks back.

1:00.3

That show was about how reading on paper is different for your brain than reading on a screen.

1:06.4

But we got a lot of emails and questions, like Marisa's, about writing.

1:11.0

How are we writing differently?

1:13.4

If we know that people are only going to be skimming something because it's appearing online,

1:18.5

how are we writing?

1:20.0

I think we still have to write with such a great degree of attention because you can't

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