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by fasthandle 539 days ago
I just went to read that article.

Why would an author complain that the average 12 books read by an average American a year is likely a combination of those who read nothing after high school and those that read vicariously yet not seek out a source, simply let an unverified, unsourced, unreferenced thing sit there.

It seems that reading 100 pages a day does not guarantee development of critical skills.

The answers to the author's lede are here: https://wordsrated.com/how-many-books-does-the-average-perso...