@Daojoan What do they do? Doomscroll? Watch videos?

@Daojoan The teens back in 1985 who read every day are now in their 40s and 50s. I wonder whether they kept reading at that rate.

In other words, it may take another couple decades for the full effect of national non-reading to smack the country full in the face.

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Orwell vs. Huxley.

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Sadly, I haven't read a book in years.

But that doesn't mean I don't read.

I spend hours each day following/reporting the news here on #Mastodon.

@Daojoan That excludes how libraries were underfunded and downgraded by local and state funding. The decline in the graph has bigger issues at its heart

@Daojoan I’m a world full of things that make me angry or depressed (or both) this is near the top of the list 😢

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The graph speaks miles. Shows Huxley was right: that we'd walk into sweet bliss of oblivion out of our own volition, rather than pushed into it by force like Orwell envisioned.

The graph is also quite clear on who will be the leaders and owners of the next generation.

@Daojoan Does this include traditional literature only, or also fanfiction, weblogs, wikipedia, online howtos, etc?

@Daojoan Does this include traditional literature only, or also fanfiction, weblogs, wikipedia, online howtos, etc?

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Second hand books at Arrowe Park hospital, flying off the shelf. 🌞