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Originally Posted by Raphi'Elohim
Well, another small amount of Americans may be reading about the same amount but they probably aren't reading the same kind of books. ...
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"Reading to a substantial degree" is basically a vague and meaningless claim. Adding that others "probably aren't reading the same kind of books," doesn't really clarify what you're trying to say either. It just means that Gates (whose 50 books a year are not impressive) and Buffet are single-minded about making money -- so, if greed equates to "reading to a substantial degree" I guess you might have a point with Buffet. But I'm guessing there are a lot of successful businessmen who "don't read to a substantial degree" and still manage to be successful.
I think what you really mean is that most Americans don't read the kind of books you
think they should read. Oh well, get over it. I read because I enjoy reading. Probably about 75% of the books I read are novels ("non-substantial" reading) and about 25% are history, or religion or biographies or technical books. I don't read books on "how to make money" so probably
not the kind of books Buffet reads. And I don't really care. Reading is not a business for me.