From: The Art and Science of Reclaiming the Written Word
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Designing your environment by placing physical books in sight and moving reading apps to your phone's home screen lowers the friction needed to read.

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Our daily actions are heavily shaped by the visual cues around us. When books are physically prominent in our living spaces, they act as immediate invitations. Similarly, reorganizing our digital environments—such as placing reading apps where social media used to sit—redirects our automatic scrolling habits toward reading.

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