I don't buy that this has anything to do with the rise of the 'digital world'. The unfortunate reality is that adult literacy statistics are scary. A huge numbe

I don't buy that this has anything to do with the rise of the 'digital world'. The unfortunate reality is that adult literacy statistics are scary. A huge number of adults just aren't capable of understanding more than the most basic writing. See NAAL (https://nces.ed.gov/naal/ https://nces.ed.gov/naal/) and PIAAC (https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/piaac/ https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/piaac/) data.