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9873143 No.9873143 [Reply] [Original]

Do you think literature and reading today is more popular than centuries back?

>> No.9873154

>>9873143
Yes and yes. We read more than any generation has read, in terms of actual text (Facebook feeds, shitposts, Reddit, etc).

With Literature, that depends on how you define the word. We read a lot though, and paper book sales have been steadily increasing for two years.

>> No.9873161

>>9873143
Yes, but it's not necessarily because we're more intellectually curious, it's mainly because we have easy access to books (compared to pre-industrial / pre-printing eras) and because more people are literate.

>> No.9873181

>>9873143
Yes and yes. Tho reading much isent the same as reading something good. Many people read a lot, but seeing that a awfull lot of the se people stick to YA only, I cant say this changes things for them.

>> No.9873197

>>9873181
>>9873154

Why do you have this implicit false sense of superiority because people are reading books that you don't like/deem respectable.

>> No.9873394

>>9873197
Wtf are you talking about, I made 0 value judgment.