--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: I have been investigating this modern…" description: "\"“I have been investigating this modern problem of decline in readership and my conclusion is that it has little to do with bad readership and a whole l..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ba/martinus-hendrikus-benders-182_adhd_i-have-been-investigating-this-modern-pr_2602473.jpg" --- # I have been investigating this modern problem of decline… ![“I have been investigating this modern problem of decline in readership and my conclusion is that it has little to do with bad readership and a whole lot with a difference in information speed. Frankly, the modern brain is much faster than the classical brain was in how it absorbs information and…” quote by Martinus Hendrikus Benders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ba/martinus-hendrikus-benders-182_adhd_i-have-been-investigating-this-modern-pr_2602473.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ba/martinus-hendrikus-benders-182_adhd_i-have-been-investigating-this-modern-pr_2602473.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ba/martinus-hendrikus-benders-182_adhd_i-have-been-investigating-this-modern-pr_2602473.jpg) > ““I have been investigating this modern problem of decline in readership and my conclusion is that it has little to do with bad readership and a whole lot with a difference in information speed. Frankly, the modern brain is much faster than the classical brain was in how it absorbs information and novels do not reflect this development. They are simply not dense enough. Too slow, not the right tempo - bores the shit out of a modern brain! There's the real problem: our brains have developed into different speed levels that authors cant adjust to. It has nothing whatsoever to do with quality: it has rather a whole lot to do with people claiming to be authors who are incapable of concentrating their ideas in the right sort of space, and rather smear out a few already halfbaked ideas over 30 plus pages. Hello! Do you think its weird a facebooktrained mind, capable of digesting enormous amounts of information at quick speeds, is bored shitless with that? The problem is not bad readership but rather bad authorship: authors that cannot adjust to the times. And since there are a zillion books published every day of authors that just cant keep up with the speed of the times, and criticism hardly exists anymore in modern society, it becomes simply very unattractive to read books, unless one keeps to the classics, which are books that are much more dense at essence.”” [Martinus Hendrikus Benders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martinus-hendrikus-benders/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. The decline in reading is linked to mismatched information speed between fast‑processing brains and slower, less dense novels, not to quality of content. **In simple terms:** Fast brains need denser, quicker content; slow books bore them. Key Takeaway Authors must adapt pacing to modern attention spans. Themes reading attention literature technology culture Mood frustrated critical reflective Type analytical observational When to use this quote - marketing - education - publishing - personal reading habits Key Concepts cognitive speed information density media consumption Questions to Reflect On - How can writers balance speed with depth? - What formats help modern readers engage with complex ideas? 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