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   From: bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com   
      
   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.   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   	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.   
   	On PBS can be found much of interest that recounts new data in many fields.   
      
   	I happen to prefer reading books, fictional and otherwise, manga fictional   
   or otherwise, but most of manga aside from a few based in some reality such   
   as "Drifiting Lives", "Hyouge Mono", and a few fictions of everyday life   
   in a Japan   
   that existed years ago, i read online via free services.  A couple of   
   years ago   
   I was into biographies of founding fathers like George Washingtion and   
   Jefferson.   
   I found Pikkety pertinent but lacking in style which made it very hard   
   to read.   
   But always with some speculative fiction to relax with.   
      
   	Who could fear vampires with ICE in the cities and fields of larger farms?   
      
   	bliss   
      
   	   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)