"Imagine an alternate world identical to ours save one techno-historical change: video games were invented and popularized before books. in this parallel universe, kids have been playing games for centuries-and then these page bound text come along ans suddenly they're all the rage.what would the teachers, and the parents, and the cultural authorities have to say about this frenzy of reading? i suspect it would sound something like this:
Reading books chronically under stimulates the senses. unlike the longstanding tradition of game playing which engages the child in a vivid, three-dimensional world filled with moving images and musical sounds capes, navigated and controlled with complex muscular movements books are simply a barren string of words on a page. Only a small portion of the brain devoted to processing written languages is activated during reading, while games have for many years engaged the young in complex social relationships with their peers, building and exploring worlds together, books force the child to sequester him or herself in a quiet space, shut off from interaction with other children. These new "libraries" that have arisen in recent years to facilitate reading activities are a frightening sight:dozens of young children, normally so vivacious and socially interactive, sitting alone in cubicles, reading silently, oblivious to their peers."
I agree with this argument he made. I really do think that if video games came first that people would say that books are bad to read, because the statement he made is just like what people say about video games today. I still don't think that video games are better for you than books but it is a pretty got argument.
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