I would assume they picked the examples because it's singularityhub. Most of their readers are likely to be technology/gadget centric and a message about more

I would assume they picked the examples because it's singularityhub. Most of their readers are likely to be technology/gadget centric and a message about more tech centric activities was probably expected to resonate better than a message about something as "old fashioned" as reading a book. Beside, be honest. What percentage of the population do you think actually spends more time reading books than watching TV and surfing the internet? BTW: According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, watching TV accounted for more than half the total leisure time for Americans 15 years and older. (http://www.bls.gov/news.release/atus.nr0.htm http://www.bls.gov/news.release/atus.nr0.htm)