The most rewarding personal activity (2) - Stories about reading aloud

by Mr. Y

I. The Story of Reading Aloud - Eighteen Years of a PhD Trapped in "Cellophane"

In 2015, I had already learned English for 18 years, from the second grade of junior high school at age 14 to graduating from a prestigious British university with a PhD at age 32. In addition, I had lived in an English-speaking country for more than eight years. However, my English remained stuck in an awkward, "half-dumb" state:

I could handle daily small talk, but once the conversation got deeper and the pace increased, my brain became overloaded. When communicating, I could only unconsciously raise my voice, elongate my pronunciation, and even use exaggerated body language and exclamations such as "Cool!", "Really?", and "Wow!" to clumsily cover up my inability to keep up.

I vividly remember the way my brain operated when communicating in English: I had to vaguely repeat what the other person said in my mind, even repeating key words in the form of questions to confirm my understanding. However, I had a perfect excuse for this clumsiness: I started late, learned English for exams, and since my adult "language window" had passed, reaching this level was already good enough.

2015 was my last year in the UK. I was doing self-funded research at the university, and uncertain about my future, I felt very depressed. To relax, I decided to use my spare time from experiments to start reading Bible verses aloud.

I didn't think of it as English learning, but simply as spiritual healing. Every day, I spent half an hour to one hour letting those beautiful and powerful scriptures flow from my mouth. Every time the words flowed, I felt like I had a spiritual spa, my heart gradually calmed down, and my worries about the future dissipated.

Within a year of reading aloud like this, I noticed a miraculous and sudden change. I was watching a video of several people talking in English and it suddenly occurred to me that: I no longer needed to deliberately recall or translate what they were saying. I could grasp their meaning clearly and immediately. It was as natural and effortless as listening to my own native language.

Not only that, when I was writing emails, I would suddenly come up with phrases that I'd heard while reading Bible.

This fluid, natural muscle reaction was a first for me. I immediately realized that this breakthrough came from the daily activity of reading aloud. Because during that period I did not participate in any other English training and even had less social interaction. This rapid improvement convinced me that reading aloud was a gift.

Looking back over the past 18 years, I tried every English learning method I have heard of: from extracurricular English tutoring “Mr. Dai English” to tutoring with high school teachers; from imitating passionate speeches on "Crazy English" to rote memorization of vocabulary from the CET-4 and CET-6, TOEFL, and GRE Red Book; from seizing every opportunity to talk to native English speakers while studying abroad to listening to dialogue from the movie The Matrix on repeat at home. None of these methods had broken through the "cellophane" between my mind and the English language.

Finally, it was this reading aloud experience that led to a breakthrough in my listening skills.

I conclude that this breakthrough stems from several factors:

• First, immersion: immerse in the beautiful, authentic language of the Bible.

• Second, persistence: consistent exercise for at least half an hour every day.

• Third, calm mind: the relaxed state of reading aloud allows the brain to absorb better and retain information.

Reading aloud has enabled me to transform the knowledge I have accumulated over the years from rigid "written knowledge" into fluent "physical skills", truly achieving a seamless connection with the English world.

II. The Curse of "Efficiency"

My personal experience serves as a sobering microcosm of modern education: I missed out on the most effective way to improve my English – reading aloud – and paid the price for it for many years. Looking back, the immense regret almost makes me break out in a cold sweat.

As early as junior high school, reading aloud was completely sentenced to death by me. After entering high school, I was full of contempt for the morning reading at school. Influenced by theories of "speed reading" and "efficient learning", I firmly believed that the best way to learn was to absorb as much information as possible in a short period of time. I used the morning reading time to study for physics or math tests, thinking I was getting a head start "efficiently."

This one-sided pursuit of learning efficiency reached its peak during my university years. In 2004, a craze for speed reading training swept across my country, and various slogans were misleading: “Ten times the learning efficiency” and “Photographic memory reading method”. I traveled alone to the capital, 1,500 kilometers away, to participate in a training program called "Whole Brain." I learned how to use rapid eye movements and scanning to "capture large amounts of text into the brain like a panoramic camera".

After returning from training, when I saw my classmates reciting in the morning, a sense of superior sympathy arises in my heart: they were still using this "clumsy, old-fashioned, and inefficient" method of learning!

I woke up in the middle of the night and was startled by what I heard: it turned out to be me, the clown. I had completely missed out on the opportunity to improve my English skills and structure my thinking through reciting throughout school.

The second reason why I deliberately avoided reading aloud was that I mistakenly thought only "deep thinking" could be considered effective learning. In my view, reading aloud was simply reciting from a textbook, as simple as singing, and naturally not very efficient.

Both misconceptions stemmed from my own flawed and one-sided pursuit of "efficiency".

The core of learning is not the speed of "swallowing" but the ability of "absorbing". Just like eating, it only takes a few minutes to get food into your mouth, but it often takes hours for the body to truly absorb the nutrients. Speed ​​reading promises rapid "swallowing" of information, but it overlooks the crucial process of learning: the brain's understanding, transformation, and internalization of symbolic knowledge.

In the fast-paced modern society, people pursue pragmatism and efficiency on the one hand, while they are also addicted to the "instant gratification" brought by fast pace and instant feedback. We're accustomed to "quickly browsing" rather than "immersive reading". For a long time, most of the popular reading books on the market have been teaching readers how to read more text quickly, emphasizing quantity while ignoring the joy that reading itself brings to people and the enlightenment it brings to people's thoughts.

A cruel truth is speed reading is the wrong path!

When people read, their eyes first transmit the words they see to the brain, which then converts the words into corresponding sounds. Since language is sound based, the brain's understanding of the meaning of language is ultimately achieved through sound. Once the brain converts words into their corresponding sounds, it comprehends the meaning of a passage as if it were directly hearing the speech.

As an experienced English teacher, Xiaolai Li once pointed out that the true constraint on our reading speed isn't the speed at which our senses receive and transmit visual and auditory signals to the brain, but rather the speed at which the brain interprets these signals.

Emphasizing speed reading not only fails to truly improve people's reading speed, but its greater harm is that it makes people develop the habit of reading in a hurry. In Xiaolai Li's view, truly meaningful and valuable reading requires thorough, word-for-word reading.

If we realize that the most important purpose of reading is to acquire correct and constructive thoughts, then reading that serves this purpose must not be a simple accumulation of data, but an indivisible, organic whole. Like a meticulously crafted delicacy, its raw materials, form, and toppings are all crucial and indispensable.

Speed ​​reading claims that readers can accurately understand the entire paragraph simply by capturing the key words within it. This is as absurd as assuming that simply consuming the main ingredients of ice cream - air and ice (which together make up 80%) - is equivalent to eating ice cream.

Speed ​​reading is acceptable for recreational reading, as the primary purpose of such books is to entertain oneself. However, if you use speed reading to read books that help us improve our cognition, you would be making a big mistake and you won’t even know what you've missed.

Reading aloud is precisely the activity that helps people develop the habit of reading word for word.

So why is reading aloud universally neglected by modern people?

On the one hand, people are generally influenced by the cultural aesthetics of "quiet learning" and "silent efforts" believing that reading aloud is meant to distract others. mainstream culture often views "silent thinking" and "quiet reading" as "advanced learning," while viewing reading aloud as lack "restraint" and "depth” fostering a cultural bias against reading aloud.

On the other hand, psychological and social misunderstandings about reading aloud have completely alienated modern people from it.

On a psychological level, people often mistakenly believe that reading aloud is simply "voice training" or "performance training", overlooking its systematic promotion of many abilities such as comprehension, memory, language rhythm, and logical thinking.

Ask yourself three questions: When was the last time you saw an adult reading aloud with full concentration? Do you know anyone around you who also has a habit of reading aloud? When was the last time you read a text aloud with full concentration?

After these three questions, you may have to admit that reading aloud feels like a long-forgotten traditional cultural practice.

A serious consequence of the widespread neglect of reading aloud is the significant decline in modern people's language abilities. People have become accustomed to short videos, minimalist content, and fragmented information, and have stopped engaging in activities that require intense concentration, such as reading aloud or reciting.

This has also led to a decline in rationality and common sense among westerners over the past few decades. Various anti-intellectual rhetoric have emerged in the West media, such as the "flat-Earth belief", the rise and spread of woke thought, and various extremist ideology.

3. Mental Training Forgotten by Modern Society

Reading aloud is an effective mental practice that has been attested to by countless sages throughout history across the whole world, offering a remarkable power that systematically enhances a person's cognitive abilities and inner qualities.

The value of reading aloud has long been summarized by ancient sages in a proverb that endures to this day:

• "Read a book a hundred times, and its meaning will become apparent." This emphasizes the importance of internalizing the essence of a text through repeated reading aloud, achieving a qualitative shift from memorization to comprehension.

• Zhu Xi, a Neo-Confucian philosopher of the Southern Song Dynasty, emphasized "Reading must be done word by word, sentence by sentence, by mouth and by heart, to be truly beneficial." He believed that only by allowing the text to enter one's ears through sound can one truly digest the book's ideas and achieve a deeper understanding of the knowledge.

• Cicero's Rhetoric: The ancient Roman orator Cicero used reading aloud to hone the rhythm and persuasiveness of his article, demonstrating that reading aloud serves as a bridge between written and oral expression.

Whether it's the Eastern concept of "reciting and cultivating the mind" or the Western concept of "cultivating rhetoric and voice", ancient philosophers understood that only by transforming words into sound and letting thoughts flow through the mouth can one truly internalize the essence of knowledge.

In modern era of knowledge explosion, reading aloud remains a vital way for many great figures to enhance their intelligence:

• British Prime Minister Winston Churchill suffered from a stutter in his youth. He persisted in reading aloud classic literature and speeches daily to strengthen his rhythm and sense of language. This practice not only overcame his stutter but also greatly enhanced his memory and the power of his speeches, ultimately making him the "King of Debate" during World War II.

• Apple founder Steve Jobs was avid reader of Zen Buddhist and philosophical classics in a slow, rhythmic manner. He believed that reading aloud focused the mind and calmed the soul. This deeply focused state of mind profoundly influenced his pursuit of minimalist aesthetics and user experience in product design, proving that reading aloud is an effective way to activate creativity.

The most moving power of reading aloud was embodied by Helen Keller, who had been blind and deaf since she was only one and half years old. Her mind was long been trapped in a chaotic state of darkness and silence. Her awakening began with an epiphany in the pump room: as her teacher, Sullivan, spelled "w-a-t-e-r" on her palm, Helen suddenly connected tactile symbols with concepts. Her trapped mind suddenly broke free, and she understood: everything in the world has a name.

She then used her fingertips to touch Braille (a practice known as "tactile reading"), transforming the dot patterns into an "inner language" within her mind. She treated touch like sound, voraciously absorbing knowledge, and her mind grew at an astonishing rate.

Yet, Helen had a burning desire to connect directly with the world through sound. This process was destined to be a brutal test, but it also revealed her extraordinary resilience. Because she could neither see nor hear, she could only rely on touch to "read" sounds. She pressed her fingers tightly against the throats, lips, and noses of others, feeling the subtle vibrations and muscle movements of each utterance. She imitated these muscle vibrations and movements over and over again - a form of “reading aloud" without auditory feedback.

The sounds she produced were utter silence to herself, and often indistinct syllables to others. But she never gave up, understanding that each struggling syllable was a hand reaching out to the world. With her lifelong willpower, she painstakingly molded her "inner language" into a sound that could be perceived by a normal person. For Helen, reading aloud (in silence) was not just language training, it was her bridge to the world. Through this method of reading aloud "in silence", Helen mastered multiple languages ​​and became a speaker, writer, and social activist.

The significant impact of reading aloud on language skills is not uncommon in everyday life.

In Everyone Can Use English, Xiaolai Li recounted leading his classmates in morning recitation during junior high school. Thanks to morning recitation, although Xiaolai Li had little time to study English in junior high school, his English test scores have always been very good.

Girls in school often outperformed their male counterparts in language subjects, perhaps because most female students were more persistent in morning recitation. A female friend of mine recalled waking up at 6 a.m. every day in high school to read aloud the New Concept English dictionary, which helped her memorize the texts quickly.

Beyond improving language skills, reading aloud can also enhance comprehension and spiritual strength:

British novelist John Berg once said: "Reading out loud... is a way of paying attention to the words themselves. It’s a way of letting the rhythm and the sound of the text inhabit you, which can give you a deeper understanding of its meaning."

Another British author, Virginia Woolf, said, "The ear is a very sensitive organ. It hears much more than the eye can see." Sound plays a unique role in conveying emotion. By reading aloud, we can capture the tone, emotion, and rhythm of text, which are difficult to fully perceive when reading silently. Reading aloud can create emotional resonance and connection. Why is karaoke so popular around the world? Because people yearn to express, share, and vent their emotions through singing. Reading aloud and singing have the same effect in communicating emotions.

Reading aloud can also bring peace and focus. French director and cinematographer Clement Moris noted, "Reading aloud slows down the reading process and focuses the mind. It is a form of meditation that helps you be present with the text." Reading aloud requires us to use our eyes, mouth and ears at the same time. The coordinated work of these three can effectively reduce distraction and focus our attention completely on the current text.

Reading aloud is a treasure, and anyone who uses it will appreciate it. It is not only language training, but also systematic healing and reshaping of the mind.

IV. Embodied Cognition: The Science Behind Reading Aloud

It's no accident that reading aloud offers such profound and multifaceted benefits. The secrets behind this are being revealed by the theory of "Embodied Cognition", a field of cognitive science developed in recent decades.

The groundbreaking insight of embodied cognition is that learning and thinking aren't simply the brain's "disembodied" computation of abstract symbols, but a process of deep and comprehensive participation of the body and sensory experience.

The definition of knowledge is redefined as knowledge is no longer a rigid symbolic code, but rather a neural record formed through the body's interactions with the world and its perceptual experiences. Based on this, the most effective way to learn is not passive reception, but active, whole-body experience of knowledge, engaging in as many parts of the body and multiple senses as possible.

Reading aloud is a perfect example of this kind of embodied learning. When you are reciting or reading aloud, your body naturally stands upright, your breathing is steady, your mind is focused.

Reading aloud perfectly activates the three core language senses: ears, mouth, and eyes, anchoring information across multiple systems.

When we read silently, only the visual channel functions singularly; when we read aloud, information is simultaneously integrated into:

• Visual channel: the eyes perceive the words.

• Motor pathways: Muscle movements of the mouth and tongue that produce sound.

• Auditory channel: the ears receive immediate feedback from their own voice.

This is like assigning three labels to the same knowledge point in the brain. When recalling, the brain can retrieve information from any of the three labels - visual, auditory, or muscle memory. This is known in psychology as the "production effect" - speaking something is easier to remember than only reading it silently.

The slow pace and rhythm of reading aloud forces the brain to switch from "browser" mode to "architect" mode.

The speed of reading aloud, limited by spoken language, prevents "gulping down" the text. This gives the brain ample time to process the complex grammatical structure and sentence logic. To read fluently and emotionally, you must emulate the author's thoughts and emotions, resonating with the text's internal rhythm and deeper meaning.

Reading silently is like quickly browsing the exterior of a building; comparably, reading aloud is like stepping into it, understanding its structure and layout. You have to understand the text well enough to recreate it with sound.

Language ability isn't just about symbolic knowledge; it's also a physical skill. Reading aloud is as much a physical skill for language development, it directly cultivates pronunciation, intonation, and fluency. Through repeated reading aloud, beautiful, complex sentence structures become "engraved" into your vocal organs and neural circuits. When you pronounce a word aloud, you don't just recognize it; you "own" it；the word is then activated and integrated into your daily expressions, making your spoken language more precise and richer.

Just like learning to dance requires more than just watching a video; you must stand up and dance. Reading aloud is about letting your mouth and throat "dance with words" to truly master this art.

Reading aloud requires multiple complex cognitive tasks simultaneously, a form of "actively locking" your focus. You need to simultaneously see the text, comprehend it, plan pronunciation, produce it, and receive feedback. This highly multi-sensory coordination leaves the brain with little free space for distracting thoughts. If your mind wanders, you'll make mistakes or pauses in your reading, and you'll be immediately brought back to focus.

Looking back at the various English studying methods I tried before reading aloud - from memorizing vocabulary words to watching movies - all of them focused on "silent" receptive training, engaging only one or two language senses, resulting in mediocre results.

Regarding embodied cognition, my personal interesting experience may also serve as a footnote.

I've found that when I am meditating, in a trance or half asleep, scenes (buildings, streets, attractions) that I’ve personally experienced may appear in my mind. Even if I have only stayed in a scene for a few minutes, the image of the scene may still appear vividly in my mind. On the contrary, if it is an image or movie clip on the electronic screen that I have watched several times, it rarely flashed automatically.

When I am "in the moment", all sensory signals - visual, auditory, olfactory, and even the temperature and humidity felt by my skin - simultaneously impact the brain, generating stimulation and neural connections far stronger than the localized visual stimulation generated by an electronic screen. This supports the theory of embodied cognition: only experiences that engage the whole body form the most profound and lasting neural records in the brain. Therefore, reading aloud is "Whole-Body Learning" that activates the most powerful connection between the brain and the body, and is an effective way to achieve efficient cognitive upgrades.

V. The Cost of Lacking Reading Aloud

In today's information explosion, the sharp decline in reading aloud poses a dire threat to society and individuals. When our attention is hijacked by sensational images, eye-catching videos, and "short, new, and fast" entertainment, we lose the deep processing ability, resulting in extreme fragmentation of information and the deterioration of people's language skills.

The most direct consequence of lacking reading aloud training is that people tend to treat fragments as complete information, resulting in severe cognitive impairment. The prevalence of "clickbait" headlines is one of such consequences: readers simply glance at the bold headlines and immediately form and share their opinions. For example, a scientific report about "a substance in red wine may slow aging" is simplified in readers' minds to "drinking red wine can prevent delay human aging". They completely ignore key qualifying information such as "experiments on mice" and "requires extremely high doses". This cognitive bias leads to blind behavior based on misinformation.

The lack of reading aloud training contributes to the "keyword trap" so common in today's consumer behavior. Unscrupulous businesses exploit people's tendency to skim through information, using large fonts to emphasize favorable terms and small print to hide important clauses.

Even more absurdly, netizens often make jokes by misidentifying keywords. In the "Washington sexual assault case" several years ago, a large number of netizens went to the twitter account of actor Denzel Washington to condemn and threaten him. This was entirely because they were misled by the name label, which leads to completely confused judgment.

On a macro level, the lack of reading aloud and the deterioration of language skills exacerbate one of modern society's most serious crises: the rapidly widening cognitive gap between different groups of people.

Today, the vast wealth gap stems largely from the cognitive gap between people. Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and other top billionaires have clearly stated that reading has played a vital role in their success. The decline in deep reading ability caused by a lack of reading aloud deprives most people of the crucial means to acquire systematic knowledge and master complex thinking.

Reading aloud is the "key" to cognitive upgrading: because it can help people develop the habit of reading "word for word" efficiently.

Reading aloud is like a ritual that demands complete concentration. Through the activity of voice and body, it shuts down the distracting "background programs" and forces you to focus on every word. This kind of focus is the key to combating information fragmentation and preventing quoting out of context.

I once suffered immeasurable damage to my personal growth by becoming accustomed to fragmented information.

In 2017, I paid for a subscription to Xiaolai Li's "The Road to Financial Freedom" course on the Dedao App. The course comes with audio, allowing me to "listen and work at the same time." The course was equipped with audio, so I could “listen and do other things at the same time”. I was so eager to learn that I listened to all the audios in less than three months and thought I had mastered the method of "how to make money".

I learned concepts like "investing is about risk aversion" and experienced significant success with my first major investment.

A few years later, however, when I revisited the course while listening, I was shocked to find that I had no memory of many of the chapters. I realized that many chapters in this course were not only about “how to make money” but “how to lead a life and how to grow”. It encompasses life wisdom such as choosing a spouse and finding business partners.

Seven years after subscribing to the course (or, as Xiaolai Li would say, a lifetime later), I started reading it aloud, and only now am I beginning to understand the structure of the book's 52 chapters and 11 supplementary courses.

I found that this course was essentially a guide on "how to gain freedom". The golden sentences in the book, such as "What's the use of physical freedom if the mind is not free", were truly imprinted in my mind at this moment.

Later I found that the concepts I had ignored when I listened to them in the seven years, such as “attention,” “security,” and “paying others” etc., just corresponded to the detours and traps I had taken in my past “life” from 2017 to 2024:

• Attention: I once wasted a lot of my attention on unnecessary people and things, delaying truly important personal growth and missing out on truly valuable experiences.

• Security: I once held back or hesitated in pursuit of security, wasting countless hours and the joys of life. The course once warned me: continuous growth requires breaking free from this obsession with security.

• Paying others: I used to spend a lot of time saving money, but the course pointed out long ago that "paying others is getting a bargain", especially in efficiency tools such as computers, software and services that can help you save time, the return on this kind of investment is always super high.

I could even say that if I had read aloud this course from the beginning, my life might have taken a different path.

What surprised me most was that at the end of each audio clip, there would be a sentence like this: "The above is the entire content of this audio version. For more detailed content, please check the text version." Over the past “lifetime”, my brain seemed to have deliberately filtered out this sentence.

Because of my fragmented habits, I lost seven years of a life that could have been more productive, happier, and more fulfilling.

Xiaolai Li carefully designed and laid the groundwork for this course from the very beginning. When the course was first launched, he deliberately omitted the audio version, jokingly calling it a "benefit for early subscribers." Xiaolai explained that the first batch of subscribers would have to read the course content word for word, and he even encouraged them to read aloud and produce the course audio themselves, reflecting his emphasis on word-for-word reading and embodied learning.

At the end of each text course, Xiaolai Li encouraged subscribers to reflect and leave comments. This seemingly insignificant requirement not only helped subscribers consolidate their learning but also strengthened their writing and thinking skills, resulting in thousands of comments. These comments, spanning years, are like a vivid, detailed documentary, recording the transformations in the minds and lives of the participants.

The comment section not only records subscribers’ epiphanies but also holds the threads and foreshadowing of how they built community, captured investment opportunities, and connected with Xiaolai. One participant even retyped the entire course content onto her computer (another form of embodied learning). Years later, this student published her own book, Cognition Awakening.

This community experiment, involving hundreds of thousands of people, also demonstrated that participants who read a verbatim version of the text, engaged with others through ongoing commentary, or engaged deeply through reading aloud or typing, achieved better outcomes than those who simply listened to the course.

This community experiment also demonstrates that reading aloud, as well as other embodied learning, is an effective and crucial means for strengthening minds, accumulating knowledge, and ultimately bridging the cognitive gap amidst the flood of information.

VI. Rediscovering Reading Aloud: Cognitive Upgrade and Mind Reshaping

Reading aloud has been absent from our lives for far too long. Rediscovering this historical practice will become a powerful tool for achieving mental evolution and addressing the challenge of information fragmentation.

First, reading aloud is the most effective way to deeply internalize knowledge and achieve cognitive upgrade. Reading aloud activates a multi-channel input mechanism, simultaneously anchoring information across three channels: visual, vocal, and auditory. It not only enables us to acquire new knowledge, but also helps us improve our logic, which is ultimately reflected in the improvement of our expression and thinking abilities.

The value of reading aloud also lies in shaping our worldview. When we read a text aloud, every utterance reinforces the ideas it carries. This repetitive, auditory, and emotional input easily bypasses conscious defenses and directly impacts the subconscious. Ultimately, these positive beliefs form stronger neural connections, becoming the default setting for our thoughts and actions.

Second, not only can it strengthen cognition, reading aloud is also a unique way of psychological construction and spiritual nourishment.

Reading aloud is a unique form of active meditation. It forces the mind to focus, effectively curbing wandering thoughts. The regular rhythm of reading aloud provides an "anchor" for the mind, pulling us back to the present moment from ruminating about the past and worrying about the future. This state of focus activates the parasympathetic nervous system, lowering stress levels and bringing about a deep sense of calm.

Psychological trauma manifests as emotional fragmentation. Reading aloud provides a healing outlet through narrative reconstruction and emotional expression. By reading aloud healing texts in our own voices, we indirectly release and process our inner trauma, finding a peaceful outlet. Reading aloud autobiographical or self-affirmation texts helps integrate fragmented experiences into coherent, understandable chapters of life, enhancing a sense of inner strength.

Last but not the least, like a baptism of the soul, reading aloud allows us to transcend the daily grind and experience the vastness and depth of life. The fragmentation in the modern time has made experience frivolous. Reading aloud forces us to slow down and form a deep connection with the "weighty" texts. Reading aloud transforms the symbolic words into real sound waves, reclaiming the power of life and restoring the strength of the individual spirit.

VII. Conclusion - Reading Aloud is the Best Brain-Boosting Activity

We can confidently say that reading aloud is the most effective brain-boosting activity. Its positive effects on the brain and mood are like running on the body: simple but effective. These days, running has become a trend among those pursuing health. Influenced by this trend, people have seen significant improvements in their health and fitness.

Unfortunately, however, reading aloud remains widely overlooked, which may be a significant contributor to the widespread extremism and anti-intellectual rhetoric on the internet. In addition, consistent reading aloud may also be a promising remedy for the high prevalence of emotional disorders and mental illness in modern society.

In this era of rapidly evolving knowledge, achieving significant wealth requires a wise and agile mind. Reading aloud high-quality texts can help our brains grasp the right concepts and methods, and can also facilitate the upgrade of the operating system of our brains.

In the future, those who persist in reading aloud will undoubtedly gain enhanced mental abilities and energy, just as those who go to the gym generally have stronger bodies.

I believe that in the near future, reading aloud will resurface among the public, perhaps even becoming a new fashion. Because the future and the world belong to those who can use embodied learning to enhance their knowledge, skills, and minds.

So, read aloud, for a stronger brain and mind, I will go on.

Mr. Y, Oct 2025

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