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Originally Posted by bagpiper1
I am guessing it is two or three things :
1.) American culture is anti-intellectual. See the book "The Age of American Unreason" by Susan Jacoby
2.) Most humans in the geopolitical north are genetically primitive stone age humans. A primitive paper book might signal, socially, to leave you alone more to them.Try going back to the Neolithic past, with a time machine, with an eReader and see what happens !
3.) American culture is hyper extroverted and reading is an introverted activity. Idiot Americans think being an extroverted barely literate plebeian simian will make you more successful than a bookworm introvert. Meanwhile idiotic extroverts created the great stock market crash of 2008 but the elite bookworm Warren Buffet prospered during this time--in great contrast to the idiot extroverts.
The headphone suggestion sounds good. Some music like classical baroque induces alpha brainwaves conducive to reading.
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Alpha brainwave music uber alles -- headphones ! :