I’m usually a shut-in due to my studies so to spice things up I go out and chat with strangers and become friends. I never talk to them again though so they just leave. After a few months I go out again and the cycle continues. Keeps me down to earth. Keeps me sane.
Doubt it. Reading is not encouraged enough. Saying “books are wonderful” is not enough. Just like how “spending hours looking at funny videos is wonderful” doesn’t sound good. People have to experience it.
Books are often seen as “that thing smart people do” by the common folk. While that is true, trapping meaningful activities, such as reading books, behind an elitist glass is not doing anyone any favors.