Re:46% of Americans didn't read a book in 2023
by edanm on Sunday February 11, 2024 @05:18AM
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> Why do we obsess so much over legacy form factors?
We shouldn't. We also don't, not really. Reading books has a certain prestige, but by almost any measure, we "obsess" more about movies and/or tv shows. Even some of the best selling books of all time probably have orders of magnitude less exposure than tv shows, movies or games. Not unrelatedly, far more people talk about TV shows and games, etc.
I think the only obsession is that some people consider books to be "better" in some sense. Personally, I don't think books are better, just different. I enjoy TV shows and movies as much as I enjoy books, and consider them to both be important. (I don't play many games, which I think truly is me missing out!)
We shouldn't. We also don't, not really. Reading books has a certain prestige, but by almost any measure, we "obsess" more about movies and/or tv shows. Even some of the best selling books of all time probably have orders of magnitude less exposure than tv shows, movies or games. Not unrelatedly, far more people talk about TV shows and games, etc.
I think the only obsession is that some people consider books to be "better" in some sense. Personally, I don't think books are better, just different. I enjoy TV shows and movies as much as I enjoy books, and consider them to both be important. (I don't play many games, which I think truly is me missing out!)