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    10 months ago

    It’s a lot harder to be ignorant today. There’s so much knowledge everywhere, and literacy rates are really high.

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      10 months ago

      It’s a lot harder to be ignorant today.

      Florida people: “That sounds like a challenge.”

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      10 months ago

      Counterpoint: it’s actually not that hard, because of echo chambers and the algorithms pushing/feeding those echo chambers. Just because people are actually able to read and write more nowadays doesn’t mean critical thinking has improved a lot too.

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        10 months ago

        That’s very true!

        In the Age of Misinformation, basic literacy isn’t enough to learn.