> civilization precedes mass reading by millennia
The elites were always voracious readers. Mass reading isn’t necessary for civilisation, but it probably is if we’re going to treat the masses like elites.
> civilization precedes mass reading by millennia
The elites were always voracious readers. Mass reading isn’t necessary for civilisation, but it probably is if we’re going to treat the masses like elites.
>The elites were always voracious readers
Since when? All the elites I know spend their time taking expensive vacations and doing too much drugs.
Those are not elites but wealthy, if completely irrelevant people.
Elites would be powerful politicians, advisors, or big-scale investors that pull actual strings. And these people are pretty universally voracious readers.