James Marriott

RT @SRycraft: So true. The more digitally connected I become the more I value printed books

RT @j_amesmarriott: A lot of "how to read" guides have a utilitarian bias towards non-fiction but there is a kind of knowledge you can only…

A lot of "how to read" guides have a utilitarian bias towards non-fiction but there is a kind of knowledge you can only from novels not non-fiction John Carey called it the difference between knowing something is true and feeling what it would be like for something to be true https://t.co/oh6r3WhOgq

James Marriott @j_amesmarriott

I wrote this about how to read and why. Books remain the best technology ever invented to understand life and the world. There is no alternative. Every book you read helps you build a richer picture of the entire world. https://t.co/kDNJ92lwJ6

I wrote this about how to read and why. Books remain the best technology ever invented to understand life and the world. There is no alternative. Every book you read helps you build a richer picture of the entire world. https://t.co/kDNJ92lwJ6

RT @j_amesmarriott: I love reading and I love advice about how to read. For a while I have been meaning to get round to writing my own read…

A reason not to let a machine do your writing for you: "the process of writing one's thoughts leads individuals to refine those thoughts and to discover new ways of thinking" in a self-questioning process that is analogous to a kind of interior Socratic dialogue https://t.co/cUKyRxaoty

RT @SushilAaron: Wonderful piece on reading.

RT @RealGeoffBarton: James Marriott's reflections in his @thetimes column and, especially, his longer @SubstackInc pieces are always compel…

RT @adelegeras: I used to be of this mind when younger but the “life is too short” feeling is stronger now! I give up any book I’m not enjo…

RT @MadsDavies: I think there's a lot to this. https://t.co/pL9E1EsoL2

RT @MadsDavies: "The appeal of Christian faith is no longer that it inducts you into the moral mainstream but that it offers an exclusive i…

RT @edwest: This fact is very @j_amesmarriott coded https://t.co/sPulfKAUPB