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According to the new study conducted by professors Jacob Vigdor and Helen Ladd of the Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy in North Carolina, giving children home computers and Internet access in a move to contract the gap between poor and wealthy in what relates to education and intellectual abilities leads to the opposite results. The researchers think that these efforts widen achievement gaps in maths and reading between rich and poor - and causes an overall skills decline across society to boot.

While many people today are inclined to think that the technological progress which gave birth to such things as YouTube, videogames, cable TV and iPods resulted in that the humanity is degrading when it comes to reading in fact the modern researches show the contrary.

A study conducted by the University of San Diego and other research universities found that people today are reading far more words than we used to as we adopt new technologies.

If you buy more than five books each year, you can save a significant amount by joining a book club. They offer to buy books directly from the publisher. It makes their cost significantly lower than the retail price. You can buy the newest bestsellers or classic literature for less than you would spend in a bookstore! Many book clubs are available online, so you can browse their websites and select books any time you want.