XPost: rec.arts.sf.written   
   From: noone@nowhere.com   
      
   On 26/01/26 06:17, Bobbie Sellers wrote:   
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   > On 1/23/26 20:05, Titus G wrote:   
   >> 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.   
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   >> 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.   
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   >     Actually escape from reality is in every home that can afford it.   
   >         Level 1 broadcast TV   
   >         Level 2 Cable TV   
   >         Level 3 Streaming TV   
   >         and then there are movies.   
   >        
   >     So there is not need to read for those who want escape from reality.   
      
   Of course. You are correct.   
      
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