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Originally Posted by HansTWN
True enough, but how many of these want to read, can even read? Where can they get pbooks from now? Do they even have time for reading? I have been to many villages in poor countries and reading is not a high priority.
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if I recall correctly, the stats are that about 1 billion people qualify as functionally illiterate. Yes, many more don't read due to economic challenges. One of the triumphs of printing press was that it made literacy achievable for the masses to a degree previously impossible. It's largely responsible for raising our species out of feudalism and ignorance- an ongoing process.
If we believe that literacy and the democratization of human knowledge is vital for the well being of our civilization, then moving to a medium that requires goods and services inaccessible to much of the world's population may not be the best idea. Fortunately I don't think that's happening any time soon.