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Why Read Later fails

by RefindJanuary 27th, 2017
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Too Long; Didn't Read

We live in an <a href="http://cdixon.org/2014/12/21/two-eras-of-the-internet-pull-and-push/" target="_blank">era of push</a> but we lack ways to deal with it effectively. Every day more links are pushed into our faces than we have time to check out. Read Later is not the right metaphor since it’s only <em>time-shifting</em> the problem<em>.</em> It’s <em>deferral</em>. Deferral fails in the information age because there’s <em>always</em> more information to read <em>later</em> — our reading lists pile up and <em>read later</em> becomes <em>read never</em>.

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And how to read more of what’s really worth your attention

We live in an era of push but we lack ways to deal with it effectively. Every day more links are pushed into our faces than we have time to check out. Read Later is not the right metaphor since it’s only time-shifting the problem_._ It’s deferral. Deferral fails in the information age because there’s always more information to read later — our reading lists pile up and read later becomes read never.

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