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Originally Posted by Bob Russell
To start off, let me ask why is it better for us to read more? We all seem to just accept that without questioning it. And, for the record, I agree. But let me point out that I'm not sure that all kinds of reading are equal. I've mentioned before that I don't believe we get the same long lasting, character building and life improving benefits from gorging ourselves on the fast foods of the written word. In other words, if it takes you away from good books, you lose out on many of the benefits of reading if you are only reading all the latest tech news, newspapers and magazines and blogs. Well, except for MobileRead, which of course builds character and improves your life!
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One reason to read as often as possible to avoid
secondary illiteracy:
http://www.goethe.de/ges/soz/thm/en80027.htm
"A specific form of functional illiteracy is "secondary illiteracy". This is due to a lack of practice: people who are secondary illiterate are persons who have learned to read and write but have lost these skills because they do not use them in later (working) life..."
See also:
https://lists.resist.ca/pipermail/ne...ne/000779.html
--ryan
(DISCLAIMER: My wife is a real 'bona-fide' professional librarian)