Reading is a recent development for me in the grand scheme of things, dyslexia meant I was hindered till I was about 18, picking up my first actual book 1984 at the age of 24.
10 years later I read roughly 3 books a year.
Currently reading Manufacturing Consent and whilst I knew news media is often misleading, to what extent was not clear sadly I now know the extent.
I’d like to have a conversation about Manufacturing Consent and what people have come away with. Other books too like Bullshit Jobs and Ordinary Men were big shift for my world view, so talking about and recommendations of similar books as well please.
I wouldn’t seriously bet on an eBook reader being usable 5 years down the line. Could it? Possibly. Is it guaranteed? Not even close.
As for the content, my SO points out that we have knowledge that was stored on computers in formats nobody alive knows how to read anymore. We’ve lost information—some of it probably very important!—that’s younger than I am.
In the mean time I’m reading stuff that’s been gleaned from writing that was recovered literally thousands of years after it disappeared.