My point was that great works don't need everyone to be a reader to exist. If we go back to 20% literacy, we still have to likes of Tolstoy. Arguably famine a

My point was that great works don't need everyone to be a reader to exist. If we go back to 20% literacy, we still have to likes of Tolstoy. Arguably famine and disease are bad for those who experience them. Replacing reading books with blogs, games, and video? Not quite so clear. I argue that nothing is lost at all. The bookworms (to which, I hope, I belong) shouldn't be said if 90% don't participate in their favorite hobby.