Books Quote by Jacob Weisberg
“I hope my children will grow up to love literature, but I expect they will absorb it as readily via a screen or pod as from glued quires of printed pages.”
About This Quote
Source Interview: The Future of Reading, 2020
Children will love literature, but will consume it via digital media as much as print.
In simple terms: Kids will read via screens and pods.
Key Takeaway
Embrace digital formats for literacy.
Themes
technology
literacy
media
Mood
concerned
optimistic
Type
advice
philosophical
When to use this quote
- schools
- home reading habits
- publishing industry
Key Concepts
Digital consumption
education
Questions to Reflect On
- How can we balance digital and print reading?
- What strategies support deep comprehension on screens?
A Different Perspective
Digital media may reduce deep reading skills.
![“It was the last generation of writers [ the Cheers] that had grown up reading books instead of watching TV. So you weren't getting anything that was derivative of I Love Lucy or Happy Days. You were getting real characters [like those] they read in P.G. Wodehouse or Dickens or somewhere along the…” quote by John Ratzenberger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f18/john-ratzenberger-11869_book_it-was-the-last-generation-of-writers-th_219130.jpg)
