[extropy-chat] Intelligence of Leaders

[Samantha Atkins]

On Nov 9, 2006, at 6:10 AM, MB wrote:

>
> I suspect that literacy was rather more sharply divided into those  
> who *did* read
> and those who did not - could not. Nowadays "everybody" *can* read a  
> bit. Many can't
> read much. Witness the newspaper articles of 1900 or earlier vs.  
> today.  Heck, just
> look at magazine articles from the 40s or 50s vs. today. :(

Actually, according to some historical sources that I don't have at  
hand at the moment, iteracy was well over 90% at the turn of the last  
century in the US.

- samantha