The Secret Power of ‘Read It Later’ Apps — Forte Labs — Medium⁠↗

The end result is the same person who spends 127 hours per year on Instagram (the global average) complains that she has “no time” for reading.

Using your friends as your primary filter for new ideas ensures you remain the dumbest person in the room, and contribute nothing to the conversation.

“uncompleted tasks take up room in the mind, which then limits clarity and focus.

Reading is the closest thing we have to thinking another’s thoughts. It’s long and sometimes ponderous, but that work is required to wrap yourself in another person’s paradigm. Which is the first step in madly letting go of your own.