Why would we read, when you can watch Fox?

I'm crazy. Not reading goes hand-in-hand with being unable to spell, speak in grammatically correct sentences, and most of all, WRITE. But, as long a they can dictate texts to SIRI and add an emoticon, we're fine, right?

actually. I know that I don't read as much as I used to and what I do read is increasingly online and perhaps not as detailed as reading whole books. I do a lot of skimming. My attention span is decreasing, and I am working to address that.

too. Are they just lumped in together?

All there is to read in North Korea is Kim's fairytale life story. Probably at gunpoint.

Their students are not taught critical thinking. Therefore, they are not that interested in Reading.

I can easily see Japan and Korea have a much higher rate of reading at younger school ages and going down by a huge amount after that. Mostly because I have read how they are overworked.

If it's voting for a right-wing government that oppress minorities, India and Hungary both have that but read more than we do.

We needed to return to the company shop by a certain time. It took about ten minutes to get from our location to the shop. He had to use ChatGPT to figure out when to leave to get there on time.

after they finish school. That's pathetic. And discouraging.

Me, I read at least two books a week.

we in the U.S. are #1 when it comes to reading books, and spend seven hours/week doing so.

https://ceoworld.biz/2024/06/03/ranked-countries-that-reads-the-most-books-2024/

but mainly religious. But then a lot of people here in the Bible Belt claim to read a lot of versions of the Bible and others like Dobsons, Stanleys.