![]() No one else knows what me and Snyder are up to. ![]() ![]() No algorithm is tracking my scrolling habits no cunning intelligence is hazarding a guess at what I might want to read or be distracted by next (“If you liked On Tyranny, you might also like i) Nineteen Eighty-Four, ii) tear gas canisters…”). The thought runs like this: it is good to be reading these words not on a screen but on a clean white sunlit page not only for the tactile pleasure it gives but also because it is the only way I can be sure that this interaction is just between me and the author of this book. And while I was doing so I was struck by a thought that maybe creeps into your head as often as it creeps into mine these days. I sat reading Snyder’s own book last week outside in the first spring sunshine. Make an effort to separate yourself from the internet. ![]() Think up your own way of speaking, even if only to convey that thing you think everyone else is saying. Avoid pronouncing the phrases everyone else does. ![]() The ninth suggestion of his 20-point “how to” guide for resisting tyranny reads as follows: “Be kind to our language. H alfway through this crisply produced little book, Timothy Snyder makes the case for the printed word. ![]()
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