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Will Online Speed Deplete Analytic Thought?

Will Online Speed Deplete Analytic Thought?

Will Online Speed Deplete Analytic Thought?

Invoking McLuhan a decade early: the medium's bias toward speed, and what it costs the young reading brain.

Invoking McLuhan a decade early: the medium's bias toward speed, and what it costs the young reading brain.

Invoking McLuhan a decade early: the medium's bias toward speed, and what it costs the young reading brain.

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Using Marshall McLuhan’s centenary, Wolf asked in 2011 what a speed-biased medium does to a brain still building its reading circuit — the questions that shaped her next decade of work.

The human brain was never meant to read. Not text, not papyrus, not computer screens, not tablets. There are no genes or areas in the brain devoted uniquely to reading.

— Maryanne Wolf, The Guardian

Read the full essay at The Guardian.

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Evidence-based reading programs grounded in 20+ years of research. Created by Dr. Maryanne Wolf.

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Evidence-based reading programs grounded in 20+ years of research. Created by Dr. Maryanne Wolf.

© 2026 Nido Learning, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Evidence-based reading programs grounded in 20+ years of research. Created by Dr. Maryanne Wolf.

© 2026 Nido Learning, Inc. All rights reserved.