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Imagine a world without books

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Have you ever imagined a world without books? How would it be? What would be your favorite pass time activity?
I can never imagine a life without books but let me just assume that if books are unavailable,i would probably spend my time listening to music,drawing or playing games.. I don't know but that's what i can think of right now
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Do I have to? I don't think I want to...
A book is a dream you hold in your hands.
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A world without books is not a world I would want to live in.
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I do not think a world without books could be called a world. There wouldn't be morals without books. I personally think of books as a collection of morals.
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I think we'd just make the most of it and tell stories via other means.
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It would be like a bunch of people with empty mind,thinking they know everything.
Cannot imagine worse than this
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I cannot imagine a world without books. It would be so boring!!
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I mean... We cannot miss anything we never knew should have existed. What if we should have had books written on edible flowers that do not decompose? We don't feel sad or complain because we know nothing of it. Same with books, if they never existed we simply would have been enjoying the next best thing.
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I don't even want to envision it. Such a world would be very dull and its people like walking dead
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Depends on how it came to be that they don't exist. If I knew of them, I'd yearn to read some, or write my own. If not, I'd maybe dabble in music, or drama.
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Books help to shape minds. Imagining a world without books would just be too much of a sore sight. {Shiver}
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:tiphat:
kandscreeley wrote: 10 Sep 2017, 14:47 Do I have to? I don't think I want to...
:tiphat:
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It's hard because there wouldn't have enough information to live. I guess there wouldn't be any wise person. Living like animals.
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Well you've immediately told me into a homeric world where I will find the nearest Bard or something that is equivalent to our books today.
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Post by Lizzie Mustard »

Oh no! A world without books sounds a nightmare. I don't even want to think about it. We'd lose a lot of knowledge and society would be trapped in the Stone Age once more.
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