nytimes: Every hr you have 10 minutes where you’re not doing anything productive at work, & you can’t look at porn. So you make a comment & fulfill this desire to show yourself off as a smarty-pants.
Actually, we're living in a society that's reading *more*. Don't forget: widespread literacy was not a reality in most parts of the world until the early 20th Century, and in many parts of the world today, it's *still* not a reality.
We are indeed reading *differently* than we did a quarter century ago, relying more on electronic literature, but still holding on to traditional literature.
It depends what 'reading' you are talking about. If you are talking about the simple old novels, autobiographies etc. etc. then certainly, society is reading less and less, though if you mean reading in general, our society is reading more and more.
Just consider the amount of people that waste time on the net. They have to read all that stuff on the net.
Sometimes it's hard to love someone because you're so afraid of losing them.
Sometimes it's hard to love someone because you're so afraid of losing them.
Actually, as fewer people were literate in those days, they engaged in more physical activity. If you look back at American society forty, fifty years ago, you find fewer obese people...especially among youth. More people were out there engaging in physical activity back then.
People are not really reading lesser but rather the scope which they delved into for reading is getting more smaller and selective,instead of broad and well diversified They have certain preference and genre which they set for themselves to plunge and leave the other rocks unturned.Somehow,fictional novels are always preferred.Entertainment news,gossips news,fantasies are more of a concern rather than global news.
i don't feel smarter, but as someone mentioned, it does help with my expression. On the other hand, watching ads for big brother on tv make me feel like my IQ just dropped by 10 points, 20 if the ad is long, 50 if it's a sneak preview. Shows like that deserve to die.
i guess some of us interpreted reading as reading novels/poetry/plays, while others interpreted it as reading in general.
Double post. Don't mind this.
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Triple post. Sorry mods, my net lagged heavily and caused this. My apologies.
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Compare to when I was younger I think I have been reading less books for leisure but recently, I'm trying to read again. Going on amazon to see what is interesting. Its convenient with the kindle. It's sad to see so many bookstores close down, hopefully its not because people are reading less but more people are using E-books.
I don't think people are reading less but maybe they are spending more time on textbooks for school than reading for fun.