JRPGfan said:
I dont have the same picture of europeans.... we read a lot. "most westeners" <.< You're buying into the mentality that most americans just sit infront of a tv all day.... and dont ever open a book. Its a sterotype... I dont think that reflects reality.
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People read more right now than in any point in human history. For many of us go back 4-5 generations or more and illteracy was higher and many people read a handful of books in their life, with religious text being most prominent. The TV age was really in the 60s and 70s when it was this exiciting new thing. There have been several book phenomenons in western culture and people are conditioned to read due to internet and texting. My library was a ghost building as a kid of the 90s, but now it is booming and they remodeled and added on.
Anecdotally from my age group (20s-30s) books are discussed more than television (excluding sports).
