Only 50% of this world's population can read. They say that the ability to read is human's highest achievements. To have the ability to communicate verbally is certainly up there. But to have the ability to communicate through the written page is far more superior. To be able to record your thoughts down in a book means your thought will remain long beyond this life.
Before the printing press it was only the elite who could read. Today we are once again losing readers. Even in developed countries the number of illiterates is increasing. Even among literates they rarely read a book. Videos are becoming the new books. I wonder how long our libraries can survive.
Will book publishing be able to survive? What happened to the joy of reading? We are commiting suicide by technology. People are turning to YouTube instead of the library.
Will authors even exist in the future? Today's readers are dying off. The younger generation do not read.
