If you want to live in a world where people read, novelist Ann Patchett has news for you: it’s your job to help create that reality. Tracing her path from a chance airport encounter through a career writing iconic novels and opening a beloved independent bookstore, she makes the case that reading isn’t a private pleasure but a civic act that builds empathy, sustains a “long-format brain” and pulls people out of isolation. Ready to lose yourself in a book? (Recorded at TED2026 on April 16, 2026)
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@MinhajulIslamSiam-i2u
June 9, 2026 at 1:18 pm
I seen first 🤫
@Mystemyst
June 9, 2026 at 3:05 pm
I Love to read, my job keeps getting in the way though.
@cyclical-UK
June 9, 2026 at 3:17 pm
‘Develop a long-format brain’, this is what the world needs but we seem to be losing
@jimlaker6552
June 9, 2026 at 3:31 pm
Reading has its good sides, but I prefer Canterbury.
@Aorseduejejensnd
June 9, 2026 at 4:19 pm
Thu chaiy e ?
@topoDaMornin
June 9, 2026 at 5:37 pm
Who doesn’t like The Oracle and the Select Car Leasing stadium.
@Happystoreup
June 9, 2026 at 7:23 pm
I sent a love letter to the guy I loved the most. Just to find out later that he was a narcissist, already married and had children, so cruel! He faked love and made future-faking about a family with me. I was speechless when I found the truth. Nothing can compensate for this aching pain. I am now 42, but try to find ways to go abroad alone to convince my brain that I was dead and this is a new me in a new life.