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This country is paying its people to read. Can it stop brain rot?
- Singapore launched a five-year national campaign this month to nurture reading habits, offering small financial incentives to citizens who log their reading minutes on a government website using a gamification strategy.
- Latest global rankings last week showed reading scores among 15-year-olds in the United States have plunged while educators globally struggle to battle 'brain rot'—a perceived decline in cognitive abilities blamed on doomscrolling.
- The pilot program requires 50 days of 15-minute reading sessions to earn $0.8, while a parallel charity drive aims to garner 7.5 million reading minutes and raise up to $118,300 this year.
- Content creator Charmaine Lim, 28, supports the initiative as a 'nudge' to restore reading habits, though psychologist Charissa Ng warned that monetary rewards may reduce people's natural desire to read once incentives disappear.
- The NLB is piloting the scheme through year-end with new features coming based on feedback, aiming ultimately to cultivate a nation of curious, thoughtful readers equipped to navigate an increasingly complex world.
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When he saw book readership rates falling to alarming levels, he decided to act to save the situation.
Singapore is launching a national campaign that is trying to convince people to read more, giving them little financial rewards for the time spent with a book, trying to fight addiction to online content.
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Whether it's waiting for the train or a relaxing break, alone, at a café, a small nation in South-East Asia pushes its citizens towards an increasingly difficult habit: reading, writes CNN.Singapore of...
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