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Originally Posted by issybird
I do find it bizarre that on a forum dedicated to reading and means of reading, that someone would argue that the concept of being well-read is obsolete. I think it’s another case of arguing from the personal and making it the standard. Any person might decide that being well-read is not something they care to pursue, and why not? As I said, there’s no test on Monday and in any case, it’s a goal that keep receding. But you can’t jump from, “I don’t wanna” to “It’s obsolete” and hope to persuade.
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Notice that the person making these claims is the same who came up with the "not registering your ereader on the company who sold it makes you paranoid and good luck trying to disprove that" argument.