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Originally Posted by Crowl
And thats also not just a function of age either, you see such behaviour from all ages with the worst version of it being when people seem to almost delight in their ignorance about something as if not knowing nor wanting to know something is actually a badge of honour to them.
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Right. Like the kind of guy who says he enjoys lugging five heavy books with him on a trip...
FYI: The article is back.
And now that I've actually read the whole thing, I have to say that Pinter has a good point, the
real point to the article, to wit:
E-book devices are being marketed to the wrong people, in the wrong way. They are showing us ads of people. Staring quietly at we-don't-know-what on a screen. If you read, you'll like reading on this. Whoa, stop the presses.
Reading devices... and for that matter, reading in general... should be marketed to those who
don't read. Devices should bring something to reading that will make it more attractive to readers, and potential readers... and the ads should demonstrate that. They don't... not even close.