How to turn off those hellish Popular Highlights on your Kindle

I love reading on the Kindle. It’s convenient, the novels sync across my various devices, and, importantly, I can read at night without disturbing my partner. There is one deeply frustrating element of Amazon’s ereader, though: Popular Highlights. I’m certain you’re aware of them already, but just in case you aren’t, they’re sections of text in a book that are underlined. The idea is to crowdsource the most impactful and interesting sentences and paragraphs.