[garethsprice]

Most of my reading and thinking since childhood has been around technology. The New Yorker is, for me, a gentle tour around "the arts" as I have no education in that area (hence 'highbrow' art/literary writing goes right over my head).

It's like a conversation with an older, smarter, slightly pretentious friend who went off to theater school while you stayed up writing code all night.

The web is full of snack-size bites of information, but lacks context. The New Yorker (and The Economist) are great for providing deeper insight and creating links between stories, or leading you to thoughts that you wouldn't normally have clicking hundreds of links on Google News, HNN, HuffPo, TechCrunch etc.

It's good to read as much as you can, especially things that are outside your normal horizons.