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Reading in steep decline?
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Thu, 8 Jul 2004 16:53:07 GMT
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040708/ap_on_go_ot/reading_at_risk&e=8&ncid=718
One thing I came away with, and it doesn't offset the overall concern I feel, is
that it may not be READING that is in steep decline, it may be reading BOOKS.
One of the chief competitive sources listed was the internet.
High bandwidth streaming media aside, doesn't the use of the internet require a
*lot* of reading?
Thoughts?
(I personally think I read fewer *books* than I did in 1977, before my first
exposure to computers... but I'm not sure my total time reading has went
down...)
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| (...) I'm not particularly troubled. I hope to see the day when computers have fairly direct interfaces with meat. If/when that comes around, people won't read at all, really. Will that be a tragedy? I think this is just a sign of progress. On the (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| Something else I should have asked in my other note... What counts as reading? If I get a CD with someone reading the Illiad to me, does that count? Obviously, I'm not engaged in the specific physical act of parsing written language, but I am (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I agree. While training for my esteemed current vocation, I had to attend a session re: business communication. The central tenet was that people simply don't correspond as much as they used to, and the lecturer cited some (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Various unorganized thoughts: --While web surfing does involve a lot of reading, this is generally in very small bites, distracted by a lot of colorful eye-candy. It's like the contrast between USA Today and the New York Times. Reading books (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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