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Re: Reading in steep decline?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 8 Jul 2004 18:05:36 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks wrote:
> 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?
Err, do you forsee the computers of that day as more akin to the library,
or the television? It could take the term couch potato to a whole new
level.
> I think this is just a sign of progress.
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> On the other hand, while reading might be being given up as a less efficient
> means of taking in information, I wonder if the process of reading a great deal
> shapes certain cognitive abilities. If so, what skill-set might we be losing?
> And does it matter? But that's just fairly wild speculation.
Wild, but interesting speculation. It has all the makings of a really
good SF book.
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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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