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It's a lot harder to be ignorant today. There's so much knowledge everywhere, and literacy rates are really high.
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.
That's very true!
In the Age of Misinformation, basic literacy isn't enough to learn.
Florida people: "That sounds like a challenge."