Is there any data across the planet that gives us a percentage of citizens who have read

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36. I've Always Loved Books

My mother was a voracious reader, and she passed the love of books on to me. I used to buy and read one or two books a week when I was working. Now we have hundreds of books that we need to pass on just to clear out the basement. But people don’t seem to read anymore.

I love my iPad, but it’s really seems to have had a negative effect on me cognitively. I want to read everything all at once, and I have a hard time time focusing on works that take time - like books. I don’t know if it’s a function of getting older or the easy availability of written material now, but I have to wonder what kind of effect technology is having on younger people, especially with social media. You can’t stop progress, nor would I want to, but sometimes progress seems to be really setting us back.