Dear Living Dark readers,
This morning I read an online article that was presented in that familiar format where only the first few paragraphs were initially visible, accompanied by a “Read More” button at bottom that I could click to see the rest. I clicked it and finished the article. Then I scrolled back to the top, and as I did so, I came across a section heading that I hadn’t noticed during my first reading. It said “Read Less.” I thought, “Oh, I missed that part!” and paused to read it. Then I realized the heading was actually the “Read More” button now transformed into its opposite, enabling me to hide the “more” text if I wanted.
I laughed at my little mistake. But then I paused and noticed something important: The article was on a spiritual topic, and when I came across what I thought was a missed section about reading less, a little spark of pleasure ignited within me. I instantly, tacitly assumed I was going to read some advice about cutting back on the number of things I rea…