Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jul 11, 2016Poll: your book-reading mix is...Mostly fiction7.3%Fiction > nonfiction14.9%Nonfiction > fiction33.3%Mostly nonfiction44.4%288 votes·Final results344
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jul 12, 2016Replying to @vgrN=288. Overwhelming non-fiction bias around here.Quote TweetVenkatesh Rao@vgr·Jul 11, 2016Poll: your book-reading mix is...Show this poll12
Rand Fitzpatrick@sixwing·Jul 12, 2016Replying to @vgrstill not sure where to put math papers and deep learning analyses wrt to your poll11
Rand Fitzpatrick@sixwing·Jul 12, 2016Replying to @vgrsome of those things clock in alongside novellas in length! jokes aside, fiction helps with inspiration, and needs more representation.1
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @sixwing.@sixwing I'm fairly sure this is counter-mainstream. Random sample would show strong fiction bias.3:15 AM · Jul 12, 20161 Like
Sister Sarah@sarahdoingthing·Jul 12, 2016Replying to @vgr and @sixwingapparently not! http://marketwatch.com/story/fiction-readers-an-endangered-species-2013-10-11…112
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jul 12, 2016Replying to @sarahdoingthing and @sixwingoh wait book sales not =readers. Maybe nonfiction readers read more books overall? I am attached to my hypothesis.12
Rand Fitzpatrick@sixwing·Jul 12, 2016Replying to @vgrwhich is fiction: telling of a real event, full of factual errors/bias, or story of something that never happened, full of insight?