## As a transformational experience
- People usually think it's for developing coherence of thought from the author
- Reading used to be a mystical experience - not about conforming your beliefs, but becoming the book
- able to follow the train of thought so fluidly
- the nuance
- It's one thing to know you should do something, but it's also another thing to go through the transformation themselves through the book to actually follow beliefs
## New ways of thinking
- Reading a physical book in a slow, deliberative and careful manner can improve innovative, sympathetic, creative and critical thinking.
- Reading physical books requires rewiring our brain to access these types of thinking skills.
- Concerted effort is necessary to develop the skills gained from reading physical books.