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Originally Posted by BWinmill
While reading can be used to improve oneself, it will never improve the world in itself. Learning how to read or improving reading proficiency may be a personal accomplishment, but reading in quantity is not an achievement for the greater good. In other words: you would accomplish pretty much the same thing if you had a TV watching competition.
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Oh, dear. You need to read "Amusing Ourselves to Death" by Neil Postman, or "The Read Aloud Handbook" by Jim Trelease. Both make the point that when it comes to quality of content, television lags far behind books. Saying that reading is about consumption and is thus no different from television watching is like saying that eating is about consumption and that fruits & vegetables are no different from candy bars.