is what i do

OK, here’s what you need to do:

• First, do not click on this link to Sam Harris’s astoundingly wonderful manifesto, “Imagine There’s no Heaven“.
• Second, take a few deep breaths, compose your mind and consider how you typically deal with a long interesting article on the web.
  • If you print it out, with the intention of reading it later, DON’T DO THAT!
  • If you bookmark it, with the intention of reading it later, DON’T DO THAT!
  • If you skim the first page to pick up the high points and don’t click through to read pages 2,3, & 4, DON’T DO THAT!
• Instead, do this:
  • Clear 15 minutes of time, during which you will let nothing distract you from the task at hand.
  • Close, hide, or minimize all of your running applications except for your web browser; maximize that to fill your screen.
  • Resolve that you will read this one through to the end. If you must, pray to God for the strength to do that.
• Now, click on this link. Don’t come back here (or go anywhere else) until you’ve read Sam’s article through to the end.

Wasn’t that worth it?