deadymouse@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 days agoPeople who used to be writers or tried to become but failed, why did you quit writing?message-squaremessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down11
arrow-up138arrow-down1message-squarePeople who used to be writers or tried to become but failed, why did you quit writing?deadymouse@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 days agomessage-square19linkfedilink
minus-squareSGGeorwell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·5 days agoOur society is illiterate. No one reads.
minus-squaredeadymouse@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 days ago You said it softly. Also, for most people, reading is an energy-consuming activity, so their brains choose an easier way to enjoy, such as series or movies, and that’s pretty trivial.
minus-squareFinjaminPoach@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 days agoSo many people still publish books though. They must be selling to to some people. Or do they just buy things that look good on their shelf?
minus-squarevapordays@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoStill, it is a small part of the population who reads or even buys them. And most people probably read one or two books as adults (if that), not much more than that.
minus-squarevapordays@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoNot just illiterate… like you alluded to, there is not even a desire to read (by 98% of the population, of course there are exceptions). I was a teacher and saw first hand how the misery of schooling and methods of “instruction” directly create this life-long disposition in people.
Our society is illiterate. No one reads.
You said it softly.
Also, for most people, reading is an energy-consuming activity, so their brains choose an easier way to enjoy, such as series or movies, and that’s pretty trivial.
So many people still publish books though. They must be selling to to some people. Or do they just buy things that look good on their shelf?
Still, it is a small part of the population who reads or even buys them.
And most people probably read one or two books as adults (if that), not much more than that.
Not just illiterate… like you alluded to, there is not even a desire to read (by 98% of the population, of course there are exceptions).
I was a teacher and saw first hand how the misery of schooling and methods of “instruction” directly create this life-long disposition in people.