From Illiteracy to Aliteracy

The Washington Post has an interesting article on a new name for something people have been worrying about for a while: aliteracy, that is, the growing number of people who can read but don't. The article describes these people as "dangerous" because of their functional ignorance. I'm not sure whether these people are really dangerous to society at large; maybe just more to themselves. If a little knowledge can be dangerous, a lot of ignorance can be fatal. Just witness the Darwin awards!

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