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malaise

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4. As long as books are available on computer screens

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Thu Dec 26, 2024, 12:51 PM

Dec 26

I am OK.
That said the dumbing down of people everywhere is real

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Someone at dinner yesterday said to me: "Reading is becoming a privilege." The rest of the dinner [View all] Raven Dec 26 OP

I don't know how to fix it. LisaM Dec 26 #1

When I was a kid I LIVED to read, but had friends who never cracked open a book. 50 Shades Of Blue Dec 26 #2

I did also; I remember many a night babylonsister Dec 26 #3

I used to contort myself to read in bed by the light of my nightlight, LOL! 50 Shades Of Blue Dec 26 #17

I learned to read at the age of four because my older siblings wearied of reading to me. So they taught me to read. Ping Tung Dec 26 #7

Of course. He loves the uneducated because easier to screw over SheltieLover Dec 26 #11

As long as books are available on computer screens malaise Dec 26 #4

I believe Dems should initiate a huge literacy project SheltieLover Dec 26 #12

Good idea malaise Dec 26 #14

But it would cost nothing SheltieLover Dec 26 #20

You are correct malaise Dec 26 #21

Ty for validating my gut feeling. SheltieLover Dec 26 #22

My local "Neighbors"website proves to me every day Diamond_Dog Dec 26 #28

It's sad malaise Dec 26 #30

Gawd... these folks I'm talking about have zero tech skills SheltieLover Dec 26 #49

Good Luck with that - womanofthehills Dec 26 #44

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I do wonder about that malaise Dec 26 #29

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Way wider than that malaise Dec 26 #37

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No coincidence malaise Dec 26 #61

Read "One Second After" or "Lights Out" johnnyfins Dec 26 #45

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Exactly! SheltieLover Dec 26 #51

So true. efhmc Dec 26 #40

My tablet has rescued canetoad Dec 26 #42

If you think kids are reading books on their phones and tablets, you're kidding yourselves Ex Lurker Dec 26 #58

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It gets worse Ex Lurker Dec 26 #66

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I don't see how "privilege" comes into it. If kids don't want to read, it doesn't mean Scrivener7 Dec 26 #5

Right? I suppose you could say they since the privilege of refusing to read Iris Dec 26 #15

In the sense that reading takes time, focus and mental energy meadowlander Dec 26 #41

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When our son was growing up, UpInArms Dec 26 #6

When I was a kid I read nonstop milestogo Dec 26 #8

I still read nonstop SheltieLover Dec 26 #13

My mother instilled a love of reading in me and I was reading any time I wasn't drawing. Diamond_Dog Dec 26 #32

I wasn't allowed to watch much TV Skittles Dec 26 #69

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As a creative, I don't think the drive to create subsides Arazi Dec 26 #43

Another tendency that I believe to be evidenced by history snot Dec 26 #56

If the child is reading a screen they are reading sarisataka Dec 26 #10

I think whis is what I'm worried about. I know this is happening where I live. The kids are Raven Dec 26 #16

+1. meadowlander Dec 26 #39

What's going on here? Technology is what's going on here. A lot of things have moved onto the Internet, SWBTATTReg Dec 26 #18

E- books Timewas Dec 26 #19

I think digital vs. hard copy books each have their own advantages snot Dec 26 #57

It's Not Universal ProfessorGAC Dec 26 #23

As a 1963 high school graduate, I remember pretty well that about MineralMan Dec 26 #24

Much ado xuplate Dec 26 #25

Not that much different than when i was a kid Buckeyeblue Dec 26 #26

I was a reader from the time I was 5. My mom used to read to me when I wouldn't yellowdogintexas Dec 26 #46

My daughter is a reader. My son not so much Buckeyeblue Dec 26 #65

It's a matter of concentration, rather than the specific media that delivers information. LudwigPastorius Dec 26 #31

Maybe books are. But reading is reading. Iggo Dec 26 #34

Reading was once a privilege. Now reading, or rather NOT reading, is a choice. RockRaven Dec 26 #35

For kids, privileges should be earned based on how many books you read bucolic_frolic Dec 26 #36

"What is going on here?" Nothing big.....just the end of civilization. Sarcasm not intended. albacore Dec 26 #38

Bingo! This is exactly what worries me. And I'm talking about reading to acquire knowledge, not just to Raven Dec 26 #64

Posts on social media....and even DU ... have to be short. Otherwise..."TLDR".. albacore Dec 27 #72

...and I have a significant reading addiction... but I'm an "old" person @ 55 FirstLight Dec 26 #48

Most people learn to read in public school - TBF Dec 26 #50

brains developed post internet creation BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 26 #52

It's very true sagetea Dec 26 #53

Reading is reading Jilly_in_VA Dec 26 #54

I read both book and screen. Xolodno Dec 26 #55

The problem Rebl2 Dec 26 #60

so often this is what I see Skittles Dec 26 #68

Reading is not a privilege. Reading is a skill that takes years to develop. It helps if you grow up in a family where Martin68 Dec 26 #70

lots of "reading a screen is just like reading a book" opinions, but this is not the case -- reflective vs projective 0rganism Dec 26 #71

Smart phones are becoming a cancer on society iemanja Dec 27 #73