The post-literate society

[UltraBudgie]

Hey I was just looking at an interesting article.

The dawn of the post-literate society

It says stuff about how people don't read much any more and that.

It's got a lot of words so I'll skip that and post the pictures:













What do you think?

[Oldcarpy2]

I read a book once.  Green, it was... 

[IdeomotorPrisoner]

Theres always hope?




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[sahgwa]

Hey I was just looking at an interesting article.

The dawn of the post-literate society

It says stuff about how people don't read much any more and that.

It's got a lot of words so I'll skip that and post the pictures:

[Image: https://denyignorance.com/uploader/image...56x929.jpg]

[Image: https://denyignorance.com/uploader/image...55x444.jpg]

[Image: https://denyignorance.com/uploader/image...28x403.jpg]

[Image: https://denyignorance.com/uploader/image...60x371.jpg]

[Image: https://denyignorance.com/uploader/image...48x590.jpg]

[Image: https://denyignorance.com/uploader/image...83x796.jpg]

What do you think?

First thought that comes to mind viewing that graph, is that what happened around 2010 when the percent of kids reading took a real nosedive?
Answer: smart phones started to become mainstream and ubiquitous.  I blame them for many things.

Second thought that comes to mind is I have been meaning to post on my thread on WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING OR JUST FINISHED (sic)....

:)
I say it all the time at work, 'read more books' 
Keeps you sharp.

[Moon68]

TLDR


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[Moon68]

First thought that comes to mind viewing that graph, is that what happened around 2010 when the percent of kids reading took a real nosedive?
Answer: smart phones started to become mainstream and ubiquitous.  I blame them for many things.

Second thought that comes to mind is I have been meaning to post on my thread on WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING OR JUST FINISHED (sic)....

:)
I say it all the time at work, 'read more books' 
Keeps you sharp.

Kind of fits into the timeline of Audible becoming popular.

Audible

[midicon]

Perhaps they don't need books so much nowadays.

We old timers have filled our heads with so much unneeded nonsense.

[sahgwa]

Perhaps they don't need books so much nowadays.

We old timers have filled our heads with so much unneeded nonsense.

lol
You choose what you input!

[sahgwa]

Kind of fits into the timeline of Audible becoming popular.

Audible

Could be!  I view it more likely that a kid is lying on his bed scrolling on BS on his phone over listening to an audio book though.