• We’re seeing the end of the long 20th century

    yeah, i didn’t really need to see this but there are some really interesting data points in here.

    this one terrified me:

    Literacy is now declining for the first time on record. A recent OECD report finds that adult reading proficiency is falling around the world. The crucial moment may not have been the arrival of the smartphone but the more recent dominance of short video.