Singapore is paying its citizens to read. (But will it work?)
On September 6, Singapore started paying its citizens to read. As The Guardian reported, this scheme represents the city-state’s latest attempts to quash doomscrolling and protect children from the harms of social media. The National Library Board (NLB)—progenitor of the
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Singapore's reading incentive
On September 6, Singapore launched a program called Reading Rewards where citizens earn money for reading books.
This initiative is managed by the National Library Board (NLB), a government agency responsible for public libraries in Singapore.
The program aims to encourage reading habits among the population, particularly among children, to counter the negative effects of excessive social media use, often referred to as doomscrolling.
Doomscrolling describes the habit of endlessly scrolling through bad news or social media content, which can harm mental health.
The program offers rewards in the form of credits that can be used for library services or purchases, though the exact amount or structure of rewards is not specified in the article.
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