In short, the age of the pulp magazine was the last in which youngsters, to get their primitive material, were forced to be literate. Now that is gone, and the youngsters have their glazed eyes fixed on the television tube. The result is clear. True literacy is becoming an arcane art, and the nation is steadily “dumbing down”.
-Isaac Asimov
Select a background
More quotes by Isaac Asimov
Popular Authors
A curated listing of popular authors.