I Like to Read
Just read that none of the 50 items that public libraries users in Madrid ask for more is a book. Most of them are magazines and movies.
I am not surprised. I know that a number of avid readers have switched to e-book, but also evidence that the commonplace 'people do not read because books are expensive' is false.
Sadly, we must admit that book has lost the war against audio-visual world. Our mind is trained more every where to respond to stimuli from a screen, and less from a paper sheet. The messages we get both from private and public sector, including education, go in this direction. Reading makes you interpret what you have read, look for hints, intentions, hidden messages. Audiovisual is much more a 'what you see is what you get world', and people with such a mind scheme are easier to be manipulated
I am not surprised. I know that a number of avid readers have switched to e-book, but also evidence that the commonplace 'people do not read because books are expensive' is false.
Sadly, we must admit that book has lost the war against audio-visual world. Our mind is trained more every where to respond to stimuli from a screen, and less from a paper sheet. The messages we get both from private and public sector, including education, go in this direction. Reading makes you interpret what you have read, look for hints, intentions, hidden messages. Audiovisual is much more a 'what you see is what you get world', and people with such a mind scheme are easier to be manipulated
