The Importance Of Books In The Modern World

Suppose books are something that gives one knowledge and unleashes one 's creativity. Imagine receiving the most marvellous book ever written. For whatever reason you decide to only read one page and then putting it on the shelf you abandon it. Judging by the first page it struck you as appealing, but somehow you decided not to continue reading it. Your friends who read it visit you and talk about the book enthusiastically as if every chapter is the greatest thing that has ever happened to them. A page in a book will only give you so much information. If you do not continue reading, you will never know what follows and how the story unfolds in the end. That is the fate of those who do not leave their comfort zone and never visit other places.

Luckily nowadays to reach cultures you need not to travel extremely far due to the expansion of multicultural societies and the ever growing flow of migration. A different mindset could be just outside your door and all you need to do is reach out and be willing to share your culture with others too. Another quality of the modern world that contributes to society and helps one hear and learn about various cultures is the internet With the latest technology one can come eminently close to experiencing a different culture and land from a comfortable seat at home. Keeping in mind that nothing beats your personal experience virtuality is not an effective way of gaining the knowledge that you earn with travelling. However, even though this way is cheaper and less time consuming your are derived from experience. You cannot participate in the native dances or taste the local cuisine. Even Albert Einstein said, "all knowledge of reality starts from experience and ends in it". Concluding that sole information is not as valuable as personal