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logicchains
17 days ago
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It seems that the age of reading might be a short ...
Even in the 1800s the literacy rate in the US was over 50% (the highest in the world), because it was founded by "sola scriptura" Protestants for whom Bible reading was a religious duty.
breezybottom
17 days ago
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That's pretty recent. I'd consider it part of the "age of reading". And even then the US was an outlier, as you said.
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