Libraries are places where people go, not to read, but to enjoy internet access and watch videos online. As for the reading of books, this is done too, by some literary purists, but I wonder just how much of reading paper books is done these days. As far as communicating through the written word, it is much faster, and therefore easier, to log into a forum, or explain one's ideas through chat. And yet, the very speed with which one may continue their discourse results in a thinning of depth from which their thoughts emerge.
Realize, for example, that to write a book necessitates a maturation of a thought process through long periods of thinking, self-reflection, and self-analysis. And to reply to a book, one has the luxury of getting all of one's thoughts together, to the point that a well-written letter is often found easier to write than a well written blog post.
As a further example, one only has to see the countless idiotic messages attempting to reply to a well written blog post. A blogger might write an in-depth article, only to be responded to with some spam, advertisement, or a simple "wow! good post!".
As such as life would have it. Of course, that doesn't mean that people are less educated today. But it does mean that we are getting lazier. It's much easier to scribble off the top of one's head than it is to sit down, think about a meaningful response, and then relate it in meaningful discourse.
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