In Putuo District, Shanghai, there are100000 books drifting, and 16 drifting spots, all managed by volunteers. However, unexpected scenes occur frequently. A writer did an experiment and put one of his best-selling new books on a bench in the park, which was marked "Drifting Book". In less than two hours, the people sitting on the bench didn't stop, and the book was turned over and put back. The author wants to know why no one cares. After the tourists left their seats, the author came forward to ask about the investigation. 12 tourists, 9 people expressed great interest in this book and wanted to read it, but 5 of them thought that taking this book would be regarded as "stealing books" by others, and 4 people thought that there was no "free lunch". You can't tell who set the trap, so you should guard against the people now. According to some media reports, the "trial drifting" of "book drifting" in Nanjing, Chengdu and other places also encountered similar "honesty" embarrassment.

It seems that this society is filled with the dust and fog of distrust, so it is better to guard against it and keep it for yourself. All kinds of mentality have exposed the lack of social integrity. Some people don't talk about honesty, and they suspect that others don't talk about honesty, so the whole society has formed a strange circle of mutual distrust. The game rule of "book drift" is "love goes with it". Once readers violate their own ethics and "let it go", the book will run aground and sink.

In the "Book Drifting" activity in Putuo District of Shanghai, the first batch of "drifting" books has more than 20,000 volumes. However, according to the tracking survey of the drifting books in Putuo District Library, since the first batch of books drifted, the number of books donated by all walks of life has exceeded100000, but the current circulation rate is only 30%. In addition, some back-drifting books left an uncivilized impression on readers, some books were touched by strokes, and some were missing pages. The return rate of books is less than 40%, which may be temporarily stranded or disappear forever. In the traditional culture of China, the consciousness of "stealing books without stealing" has a far-reaching negative impact, which is undoubtedly one of the reasons for the low circulation rate of books. Book Piao is a "honesty test paper", which tests people's credibility index. A drifting book reflects people's indifference to public goods, and book drifting is the expectation of honesty, self-discipline and civilized reading.