In the time you spend on social media each year, you could read 200 books

Re:In the time you spend on social media each year, you coul... by yakitori on Monday January 01, 2018 @06:12PM (#16048584)

And? So switch one form of escapism for another?

We could all benefit from less social media, less articles ( like this one from qz ), less news and less books. But what's the point of this clickbait?

You could "escape" and read 200 books and that wouldn't be any different than wasting time watching tv or going on social media or reading silly articles like OP's.

Reading books in and of itself isn't a "noble" pursuit. Especially when most of it is clickbait formulaic nonsense.

Instead of reading 200 books, why not select a 2 or 3 important books and learn those well? Reading the bible or knuth's the art of computer programming is actually a worthwhile goal. Reading 200 formulaic saccharine books that rot your brain isn't.

QUALITY over QUANTITY.

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Re:In the time you spend on social media each year, you coul... by DennisP on Monday January 01, 2018 @07:41PM (#16048962)

True, but the whole thing is based on Warren Buffet's advice: "Read 500 pages like this every day."

I wish I knew what books he was pointing to, but I think it's safe to assume they weren't escapist.

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Re:In the time you spend on social media each year, you coul... by gt_ on Monday January 01, 2018 @06:53PM (#16048766)

My book reading habits skyrocketed in my early 20s when I became obsessed with media studies. I only read classical fiction, if that, and your comment threw me well off until I remembered the kinds of books I see on the shelves in airports and the grocery store.

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