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“There must be something in books, things we can’t imagine, to make

a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there.”

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Are We Getting Dumber?

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/02/26/are-people-getting-dumber

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• Google Goggles

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/23/technology/google-glasses-will-be-powered-by-android.html?_r=1&ref=eyeglasses

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• Ray Bradbury

http://www.raybradbury.com/index.html

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• America Reading Statistics

http://www.nea.gov/news/news09/readingonrise.html

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• E-Reader!

http://www.theblaze.com/blog/2011/11/30/ironic-fahrenheit-451-author-allows-digital-publication/

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• Dystopia Characteristics

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson926/DefinitionCharacteristics.pdf

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• Technology and Happiness

http://topnews.co.uk/24308-technology-and-happiness-are-correlated-research-claims