just left my mark over at penguins.
One of my geography school-teachers had a good proverb for the way of generalizing a personal problem: "Do not make your problem to the problem of the group!"
Thiel
Original: "Mach' Dein Problem nicht zum Problem der Gruppe!"
So I learn from this, that Mr. Hornby loves books, that he is a very late adaptor of technical devices (that he assumes on the 399 BP is only the latest best seller book
), that he feels more elite if he states that many people do not read at all, and that he is so bloody boasting proud of his personal library that he even did not feel ashamed to mention it in an essay about ebook-readers. Okay this was more personal, as was his essay when he generalizes peoples behaviour.
It is a pity, that a seemingly smart man is not able to look beyond his nose.