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The accolades the writer of the article gives makes me wonder: Was 'The Jungle' hyped up by the media before or after its release? I don't mean to take away fr
by cinquemb 13y ago
The accolades the writer of the article gives makes me wonder: Was 'The Jungle' hyped up by the media before or after its release?
I don't mean to take away from the subject at hand, but If people haven't changed their behavior after NSA's doings went mainstream, what makes one think a book will be the straw that breaks the camels back, and do people need to be prodded into doing the Right Thing™? That would seem no more sincere than muse of the book…
- ams6110 13y agoIn today's culture I don't think a book will do it. People don't read books for pleasure or information like they did when The Jungle was published.
- krapp 13y agoPeople don't read books for pleasure or information like they did when The Jungle was published. Of course they still do.
- moocowduckquack 13y agoIf anything, a larger percentage of people read books than they did in 1906. Around ten percent of the population of the USA was illiterate back then.
- angersock 13y ago"Can read" is different from "do read".
- moocowduckquack 13y ago"Overall, the number of book readers in late 2012 was 75% of the population ages 16 and older, a small and statistically insignificant decline from 78% in late 2011." http://libraries.pewinternet.org/2012/12/27/e-book-reading-jumps-print-book-reading-declines/ http://libraries.pewinternet.org/2012/12/27/e-book-reading-j...