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0 pointstcoff918d ago0 comments

100 years ago they sold pocket sized books so people in cities could ignore each other by reading books.

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walrus018d ago· 1 in thread

Also there's plenty of old timey black and white photos of people riding the LIRR or similar where everyone is holding and reading a newspaper.

Ah, it’s reading that’s the problem. Plato/Socrates/Thamus was onto something!

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