XPost: rec.arts.sf.written   
   From: noone@nowhere.com   
      
   On 24/01/26 16:34, Jay Morris wrote:   
   > From a YouGov poll.   
   >   
   > With most Americans reading no books or just a few books, and a minority   
   > reading lots of books, that means that the distribution of the total   
   > books read in the U.S. is very unequal. The 4% of Americans who say they   
   > read 50 or more books alone account for 46% of all books read. Add in   
   > the 6% of Americans who read between 20 and 49 books, and the 9% who   
   > read between 10 and 19 books, and the top 19% of U.S. adult citizens   
   > account for 82% of all books read in 2025.   
   >   
   > The middle 40% read 18% of all books, and the bottom 40% read no books.   
      
   With regard to fiction.   
   What is the point? Dimwire reads lots of young adult books but doesn't   
   learn much, just saying a well bound aaah and oooh. J D Vance had the   
   talent to actually write one and became Vice President, but that might   
   have been because Peter Thiel wanted a powerful puppet.   
   I love reading books for vicarious pleasures and to stimulate my   
   imagination but I have heard that some people have active lives which   
   have no necessity to escape from reality.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)