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QuantumIguana · 03-02-2014, 07:16 PM

I could live without books if I really had to. I find it quite dull to be around non-readers, and if there were no books, life would be like that every day. But what purpose do they serve? They put words on paper, screens, scrolls, stone, clay or whatever to be read later.

I could watch movies and TV instead, but those are shallower formats. A documentary is never going to go into the detail that a book will, there just isn't time. If there were no more books, I suppose I would have to write some.

03-02-2014, 07:16 PM	#7
QuantumIguana Philosopher Posts: 2,034 Karma: 18736532 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2 gen, Kindle Fire 1st Gen, Kindle Touch	I could live without books if I really had to. I find it quite dull to be around non-readers, and if there were no books, life would be like that every day. But what purpose do they serve? They put words on paper, screens, scrolls, stone, clay or whatever to be read later. I could watch movies and TV instead, but those are shallower formats. A documentary is never going to go into the detail that a book will, there just isn't time. If there were no more books, I suppose I would have to write some.