That’s such a good point I’ve never really thought about. 🤔 Actually kind of a trip to try and imagine a world where simply knowing how to read written text was akin to sorcery.
And this wasn’t just the case in Plato’s time, this was the case until very very recently (last century). In 1900, global literacy rate was around 20%.
That’s such a good point I’ve never really thought about. 🤔 Actually kind of a trip to try and imagine a world where simply knowing how to read written text was akin to sorcery.
Hey, that makes you a sorcerer, just in the wrong century.
And this wasn’t just the case in Plato’s time, this was the case until very very recently (last century). In 1900, global literacy rate was around 20%.