3 ms·
> The point of reading anything is to ingest a certain type of content. What an awful definition of reading. I do occasionally read books on this purely utilit
by gbog 14y ago
> The point of reading anything is to ingest a certain type of content.
What an awful definition of reading. I do occasionally read books on this purely utilitarian basis, but reading is also done for other reasons, for example because you are completely engrossed in the story and just can't stop reading.
- B-Con 14y agoI'm using a more formal definition of "information". I don't mean trivia, facts, or geeky stuff, I mean "content". You read because you want to take in a certain type of content, be it a fantasy story, geek trivia, math, or tear-jerking romance. The definition is true pretty much by definition so long as the reading is self-motivated. In that light it may seem like a silly-obvious thing to point out, but the statement I was replying to was implying a more narrow motivation for reading.