What will happen to us if a world without books?
98789
All knowledge would have to be passed by storytelling like in prehistoric times.  Apprentices were directly taught by masters in order to obtain job skills.
978201
I love to read books, too...welcome to the club, girl! Don't worry about it. Reading opens up a world unfamiliar to our own & takes us away from reality.
250721
Probably not in our lifetime.
379475
I think we'll screw up the atmosphere, then choke to death.  1000 years later, the Earth will probably fix itself, sans us.
1010459
I'm guessing since we'll know a lot more about where we came from and about the world and science by then, so religion will be much more like buddhism now. It will be more focused around finding inner peace, and truth, and finding happiness within yourself. It will still preach morality like it does today, but I'm guessing that that would be more of the emphasis not really on the Bible or any holy book.
177229
The human race will survie with great difficulty. The average temprature of earth will plumit to near Zero degrees. World Strom Systems will become depleted of Water vapours thus creating huge famine all over the world.
118863
The fewer books the easier it is for children to lose interest in reading. If they lose interest, they don't develop necessary skills to be competitive. Also, children may lose references and resources to learning, as in encyclopaedia's and such.
654043
If there was life on mars, it might make a lot of our written books have to be changed. Seems like everything is written with the impression that earth, as we know it, is the only livable place. Like they say ."Time will tell". But don't be surprised if those in charge either never tell the public or at least wait many many years before it is told.
545925
Depends.\nThere are a few things that you can do.\n\nYou have bittorrents that you can down load and then look up the books and downloaded that way.\n\nYou can download e-books, but you have to buy them.\n\nI download bit torrents mostly.
271755
NEVER! This year alone I've bought 8 or 9 books, can't recall. I'm currently reading 1 biography, 1 psychology, 1 marketing, and am always reading management books. I like many others enjoy the sanctity of a good read. Staying focused is so much easier with books - no message alerts, and you can turn the phone off. The Internet is a useful tool, but ultimately, books are a 'reality', something you can hold, see, and feel. You can also give them as gifts - the Internet, not quite, not yet anyway. Plus there'll be a load of librarians out of work without books. lol. One last thing, what happens when the power goes out? Technology stops, the sun comes up and there is light - the simple things are often the best. Cheers. L
595168
The need for literacy has always been the same, however, for people to actually follow through with becoming, and working with our children to become literate is an increasing problem in our society. more and more people grow up without the literary skills needed to get through life, and really succeed. I read every day to get information, and I am proud of that. I grew up without a television, and all I had was books! I think it should be that way for every child. They spend too much time in front of the T.V. while their brains are just developing and in the most need of literature, and people who are devoted to helping them learn. I love to read, it is the cornerstone of my development, and my future. And we all know, a building won't stand without a cornerstone of sorts! I also know though, there's nothing like hands on experience to help you understand what you read, if possible. It helps children connect the dots so to speak. (I am quite long-winded, lol, but I hope it'll help you out!)
876385
if you mean..." If the worlds oxygen ends what would happen?" then that is obvious. the worlds would slowly deteriorate\n\nLife would end
150519
well, why don't you ask yourself some questions (which are probably addressed in the book, right?)...\n\n1. how would you find out the things you need to know if you didn't have school? \n\n2. how did people in the past educate themselves, without school? \n\n3. how do people right now educate themselves without schools? \n\n4. for those who educate themselves without school, what stands in the way of their education "counting"? (Hint: isn't it about the so-called "gate-keepers"? the people who decide what is an adequate education and what isn't?)\n\n5. what would a good world without schools look like? (meaning a world where life was generally a good, happy, healthy place.)
298511
No.  Everything includes all the things that exist.  The future has not happened yet and therefore doesn't exist so you cannot possibly know it.
751038
every1 will die\nwe will have no resources left
1056620
Regular mail will someday become so expesive that it will simply disappear. Package and special delivery services will be all thats left.
791314
It's going to be a very clean and sterile world. Imagine a world without telephone poles. No electrical cords of any kind. No gas stations. No super markets. No stores. Why would you need these things when they'll have replicators. Very much like Star Trek. You just tell it what you want and poof there it is. Someday everything will be run off of satellites. I mean everything. From flashlights to your car. If they even have cars. Why would you need a car when you can just think about where you want to be and it happens. Energy will simply be beamed down from satellites. It's a creepy world. They'll look back on us and wonder how we could live a barbaric life as we do. The way things are going though. There's a distinct possibility mankind will kill itself off before then. No doubt there will be a one world order. Maybe even time travel. The future is a scary place.\n.