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RockRaven

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35. Reading was once a privilege. Now reading, or rather NOT reading, is a choice.

Thu Dec 26, 2024, 03:05 PM

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Being able to read, and having abundant materials to read, is historically the exception of the human condition. Books are a recent invention, and until even more recently were expensive.

Now we have nearly infinite books or equivalents available at our fingertips for nearly free and people can't be bothered because there are flashy lights and loud noises to look at instead.

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

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

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

I did also; I remember many a night babylonsister Thursday #3

I used to contort myself to read in bed by the light of my nightlight, LOL! 50 Shades Of Blue Thursday #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 Thursday #7

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

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

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

Good idea malaise Thursday #14

But it would cost nothing SheltieLover Thursday #20

You are correct malaise Thursday #21

Ty for validating my gut feeling. SheltieLover Thursday #22

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

It's sad malaise Thursday #30

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

Good Luck with that - womanofthehills Thursday #44

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I do wonder about that malaise Thursday #29

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Way wider than that malaise Thursday #37

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No coincidence malaise Thursday #61

Read "One Second After" or "Lights Out" johnnyfins Thursday #45

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Exactly! SheltieLover Thursday #51

So true. efhmc Thursday #40

My tablet has rescued canetoad Thursday #42

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

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It gets worse Ex Lurker Thursday #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 Thursday #5

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

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

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Thursday #63

When our son was growing up, UpInArms Thursday #6

When I was a kid I read nonstop milestogo Thursday #8

I still read nonstop SheltieLover Thursday #13

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

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

It sounds like your dinner party lacked a historian or sociologist... PeaceWave Thursday #9

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

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

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

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

+1. meadowlander Thursday #39

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

E- books Timewas Thursday #19

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It's Not Universal ProfessorGAC Thursday #23

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

Much ado xuplate Thursday #25

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

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

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

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

Maybe books are. But reading is reading. Iggo Thursday #34

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

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

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

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

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

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

brains developed post internet creation BlueWaveNeverEnd Thursday #52

It's very true sagetea Thursday #53

Reading is reading Jilly_in_VA Thursday #54

I read both book and screen. Xolodno Thursday #55

The problem Rebl2 Thursday #60

so often this is what I see Skittles Thursday #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 Thursday #70

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

Smart phones are becoming a cancer on society iemanja Yesterday #73