It flies way under the radar for how much it gets under your skin. Go in knowing as little as possible, that's half of what makes it land. Come back and tell me when it wrecks you?
You mentioned this book in another post a few days ago and I was like, this sounds interesting. And now I am definitely going to read it. Thanks for sharing!
That makes me so happy. It's a quick one too, so it won't sit on your list long. Come back and tell me what you think when you finish, I'd love to know if it hits you the way it hit me.
I just got it on Libby and I'm going to read it this weekend. I'll be back to let you know what I thought. Assuming I haven't used up my 100 words for the day. 😲
What struck me here isn’t the dystopian premise itself, but how quickly the author turned it into a question about attention. Most of us act as if words are unlimited, yet if you actually tracked them for an hour you’d probably discover how much of your communication is automatic rather than intentional.
It also made me think about scarcity in general. The things we treat most carelessly are often the things we assume we’ll never run out of. Time, attention, words, energy. A good thought experiment isn’t valuable because it’s realistic. It’s valuable because it changes how you look at something ordinary afterward. This one seems to do exactly that.
Yes, the attention piece is what stayed with me long after I finished it. Once you notice how much of your own talking runs on reflex, you can't unnotice it. And scarcity is the right frame, the book works because it makes an ordinary thing feel finite. Do you find the things you treat as unlimited are the ones you end up wasting most?
Ok. I’m absolutely sold. I think Vox has only been mentioned in my periphery once.
It flies way under the radar for how much it gets under your skin. Go in knowing as little as possible, that's half of what makes it land. Come back and tell me when it wrecks you?
You mentioned this book in another post a few days ago and I was like, this sounds interesting. And now I am definitely going to read it. Thanks for sharing!
That makes me so happy. It's a quick one too, so it won't sit on your list long. Come back and tell me what you think when you finish, I'd love to know if it hits you the way it hit me.
I just got it on Libby and I'm going to read it this weekend. I'll be back to let you know what I thought. Assuming I haven't used up my 100 words for the day. 😲
Yay!! Enjoy!
It hit me. Still thinking and talking about it. Thanks for the recommendation!
Thanks for sharing ☺️🙏🏼
What struck me here isn’t the dystopian premise itself, but how quickly the author turned it into a question about attention. Most of us act as if words are unlimited, yet if you actually tracked them for an hour you’d probably discover how much of your communication is automatic rather than intentional.
It also made me think about scarcity in general. The things we treat most carelessly are often the things we assume we’ll never run out of. Time, attention, words, energy. A good thought experiment isn’t valuable because it’s realistic. It’s valuable because it changes how you look at something ordinary afterward. This one seems to do exactly that.
Yes, the attention piece is what stayed with me long after I finished it. Once you notice how much of your own talking runs on reflex, you can't unnotice it. And scarcity is the right frame, the book works because it makes an ordinary thing feel finite. Do you find the things you treat as unlimited are the ones you end up wasting most?