. >> apple this article out of the wall street journal yesterday by brendan cronan who works for the wall street journal. books resist digital domination. one quote from this article is reading is a commitment and far too many easy alternatives today. >> reading is essential part of civilization but reading books is more important than reading tweets or reading other types of things on social media, it has a purpose. when you read a book you have to focus for hours and hours on the subject matter and the focus of your brain is a very important thing. unfortunately, a lot of people cannot read at all, about 21% of our country, this population of adults especially illiterate, it cannot be at the fourth grade level, if you cannot read past the fourth grade level, we have a good chance of being in a federal prison system. many who are in too loudly when the who are -- two thirds of individuals in the prison system are functionally illiterate. if they cannot read, there is an 80% chance of them being unemployed, in our society or any society if you cannot read, you cannot be productive an

. >> apple this article out of the wall street journal yesterday by brendan cronan who works for theet journal. books resist digital domination. one quote from this article is reading is a commitment and far too many easy alternatives today. >> reading is essential part of civilization but reading books is more important than reading tweets or reading other types of things on social media, it has a purpose. when you read a book you have to focus for hours and hours on the subject matter and the focus of your brain is a very important thing. unfortunately, a lot of people cannot read at all, about 21% of our country, this population of adults especially illiterate, it cannot be at the fourth grade level, if you cannot read past the fourth grade level, we have a good chance of being in a federal prison system. many who are in too loudly when the who are -- two thirds of individuals in the prison system are functionally illiterate. if they cannot read, there is an 80% chance of them being unemployed, in our society or any society if you cannot read, you cannot be productive and you are