Coordinator of the Nusantara Activist Network Romadhon Jasn said literacy and reflection are important assets for people living in the era of disruption, where information flow intensity is very high.

“This era is marked by the density of information received by people, but it is not balanced with the ability to reflect,” Romadhon Jasn said in a statement on Sunday.

Livingin the era of disruption must have the ability to read well in order to have deep reflection so that people can sort out information.

“The consequence of living in this era of disruption is that we have to accept new facts that require us to live side by side with the high intensity of information rate. Twenty-four hours of non-stop information pass through our gadgets,” he said.

He also expressed his concern over community groups who absorb information without sorting it out first. This tendency appears in cases of hoaxes and hate speech which often pose a threat to the unity and diversity of Indonesia.

In commemoration of World Book Day, he wants to reach out to the younger generation or millennials to continue to increase interest in reading.

“In 2021, Indonesia was ranked 62 out of 70 countries related to literacy levels, or was among the bottom 10 countries with low literacy levels. This is of course very ironic,” he said.

Hence, as part of the millennial generation or the most dominant social group using social media, he felt the need to improve the situation.

” Insya Allah (God willing), after this Ramadan we will hold special activities to improve the literacy of the younger generation,” he said.

Romadhon made the statement in response to a tweet by Chief of the Indonesian National Police Listyo Sigit about the commemoration of World Book Day which is celebrated every April 23.

Through the Twitter account @ListyoSigitP, Police Chief Listyo Sigit wrote “Read books diligently so that our horizons are open and have an open mind, so that we are able to appreciate differences and diversity.”

Romadhon considered that Listyo’s tweet about the importance of reading books and the need for society to respect differences and diversity was interesting to study more deeply.

“For us, what he wrote is an imperative that must be realized by people living in the era of disruption,” he said.

Source: Antara News