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If what you heard is true, close to half of people read no books.
by kornhole 3y ago
If what you heard is true, close to half of people read no books.
- tinix 3y agoAt least one whole book doesn't mean no reading otherwise, everyone could read part of a book and the statement isn't untrue.
- klibertp 3y agoThis, plus: reading one book in a year can absolutely be done in less than 5 minutes of reading a day. I've seen books written exactly for this consumption pattern: very short, 1-3 page long chapters, with half being a recap of relevant chapters that came before. Not to mention, "at least 1 book a year" is so peculiar a cut-off point that it sounds like it's deliberately constructed to obscure something. For example (possibly, I'm just guessing), the fact that choosing "at least 10 books a year" would see it going from "more than half" to "less than 5%"...