Reading Is a Vice
This article discusses the decline in reading habits among Americans and argues that promoting reading as a personal passion rather than a civic duty may be more effective in attracting readers. It highlights how great writers often depict reading as a potentially isolating and even destructive activity, suggesting that the true appeal of reading lies in its private pleasure and vice-like nature.
Being a reader means cultivating a relationship with the world that, by most standards, can seem pointless and counterproductive.