Haven't books dripping with philosophy also always been considered appropriate? But I agree. Just look at an airport book shop's best sellers: is anyone really

Haven't books dripping with philosophy also always been considered appropriate? But I agree. Just look at an airport book shop's best sellers: is anyone really getting anything enlightening out of a trite mystery book that they don't get from TV? We (or at least I) feel some guilt for not having read classics and then attribute the same feeling to any sort of reading. Provided it's on a dead tree. I've spent ages reading A Song of Ice and Fire, ultimately that is just the same as time wasted on the internet or TV if what I'm valuing is time spent on self improvement. Even reading a manpage is more valuable.