ViewpointsOpinionThis Gift of Solitude and TimeSavePrintA solitary person walks on the beach at sunset in New Brighton, England, on March 19, 2020. Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesGary L. Gregg4/9/2020|Updated: 4/13/2020CommentaryIn the 21st century, we are overinformed, endlessly stimulated, and undereducated.Share this articleLeave a commentGary L. GreggAuthorGary L. Gregg is director of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville and editor of “Securing Democracy—Why We have an Electoral College.”Author’s Selected ArticlesA Return to Constitutional and Political Normalcy?Oct 28, 2020A Call for Reasoned Discourse in the Age of Impassioned PoliticsAug 27, 2020Socrates and the Mob 2020Jul 30, 2020Radicalism Begets RadicalismJun 25, 2020Related Topicsreadingself-improvementisolationsolitude