Saturday, April 9, 2011

No more books.

I've never been not much of a book person, so I don't think that I would miss them that much. I know mostly everyones excuse for not reading is they don't have enough time or they or too busy. But is someone really that busy that they can't take a half hour to hour and just read? I know I'm not that busy and could definitely read for a half hour if I wanted to. Even though I could read I feel like just sitting and reading is not that productive but I guess that goes the same for playing Xbox or watching TV. So i guess I wouldn't miss books that much but I'm sure the people that read everyday would.

I'd imagine a society without books would be like the society in feed. The only people that seemed human were the ones that the ones that didn't have the feed. Everyone else had information spoon fed to them from their feed instead. Today everyone is being fed information as fast as possible by their phone or computer. I think today's life style is beginning to get to fast for books. Everyone just wants to get everything done as fast as possible and get on. This how we metaphorically burn books. Movies are made of the most popular books so we can see the whole story in a matter of hours instead of reading for a few days. Spark notes shorten huge books down to a few pages but still convey all the major points. This is how we're slowly eliminating books from our society.

 

2 comments:

  1. I would really miss books, I don't read every day but they are a great source of information and imagination. It is scary to think that a world without books would look like feed. I would feel like we were the 'dumbest generation' if that were the case. I like your connection to sparknotes. It is true that we are slowly eliminating books by creating a short cut that does not compare at all to reading the whole book.

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  2. I would miss books personally. I try to read everyday, if I have time. I had the same thoughts about the world becoming like Feed. Nice connections with Sparknotes and movies too.

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