right! It's like we've been indoctrinated that the all holy reading is something that will make you a smarter, better, platonic ideal of a person.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a LIBRARIAN. I got in trouble in elementary school for reading too much. I have enough books in the room I'm currently sitting in that I could build a small hut to protect myself from the elements. I love books madly.
But I don't think any of that makes me a better, smarter, more platonic ideal of a person. There are specific *facets* of the way I read that I think have made me smarter. Like I said, I think learning to be a critical reader is vitally important, but a lot of my learning to be a critical reader has come from television or the Internet. I do think science fiction can help make people more thoughtful about the future -- but it depends on what science fiction they read.
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Don't get me wrong, I'm a LIBRARIAN. I got in trouble in elementary school for reading too much. I have enough books in the room I'm currently sitting in that I could build a small hut to protect myself from the elements. I love books madly.
But I don't think any of that makes me a better, smarter, more platonic ideal of a person. There are specific *facets* of the way I read that I think have made me smarter. Like I said, I think learning to be a critical reader is vitally important, but a lot of my learning to be a critical reader has come from television or the Internet. I do think science fiction can help make people more thoughtful about the future -- but it depends on what science fiction they read.