the reading craze of recent years cruelly taunts the americans who suffer from dislexia, a condition that didn't even exist as a condition until printed text came along to stigmatize its sufferers. but perhaps the most dangerous property of these books is the fact that they follow a fixed linear path. you captain control the nartives in any fashion. you simply sit back and have the story dictated to you. for those of us raised on interactive nartives this property may seem astonishing. why would anyone want to embark on an adventure utterly choreographed by another person? but today's generation embarks on such adventures millions of times a day. this risks instilling a general passivity in our children making them feel as though their power powerless to change their circumstances. reading is not an active participatory process, it is a smissive one. the book readers of the younger generation are learning to follow the plot instead of learning to lead. now, i put this up object my website. after about six hours of it being up there i had to stop and go back and put a disclaimer befor