An unremarkable remarks

I came across this article browsing through the internet. I can't believe that such remark was made by Steve Jobs, especially that I've been dreaming acquiring one of those dream Mac-machines. Also, I am passionate about reading and so I am posting this excerpt-link to the article by Timothy Egan of NYT on his column Outposts.

Thumbs down to Steve Jobs !


Book Lust

Timothy Egan
February 20, 2008, 11:40 pm

Every now and then, someone who is brilliant says something stupid — often the result of spending too much time riding a jet stream of high praise. Steve Jobs, the co-founder and chief executive of Apple Inc., did such a thing last month when he all but declared the death of reading.

Asked about Kindle, the electronic book reader from Amazon.com, Jobs was dismissive. “It doesn’t matter how good or bad the product is,” he told John Markoff of The Times, “the fact is that people don’t read anymore. Forty percent of the people in the U.S. read one book or less last year.”

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Johnny Ong said…
true to a certain extent. many adults after their schooling / college / uni days do not read any more books unless they really like reading. most of my friends only read newspapers, some don't even do that.
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