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I don't know anything about podcasts and this specific podcast, but here's a general (and shocking) observation: Here in 2020 lots and lots of people still hav

I don't know anything about podcasts and this specific podcast, but here's a general (and shocking) observation: Here in 2020 lots and lots of people still have trouble reading. Not as in being illiterate, but as in "I'd rather watch a 20-minute Youtube video explaining a technical topic that could be explained on half a sheet of A4, because reading is just too exhausting for me".

paypalcust83 7y ago
An illiterate, lazy populace is a ship of fools. Just look at 45 and the decline of used book stores and libraries. I'm all for book readers or paper, but critical thinking skills and curiosity are virtually mothballed and covered in a patina of dust and spider webs.
- torgard 7y ago
  45 what? 1945?
  - bryanrasmussen 7y ago
    I believe this was a reference to the 45th and current president of the U.S being Donald Trump.
    - chx 7y ago
      There was an amazing reddit comment about Donald Trump and his reading level https://www.reddit.com/r/bestof/comments/c9xmnj/ufalsedmitriy_perfectly_explains_what_went_wrong/et4jgno/ https://www.reddit.com/r/bestof/comments/c9xmnj/ufalsedmitri...
chx 7y ago
To an extent, I have some trouble too. Even after decades primarily reading in English, my speed remains excruciatingly low. Reading the average fiction novel, I can't do more than 20-30 pages per hour in English where I average 150-200 in my native language (Hungarian). Sigh.
nabla9 7y ago
Literacy has levels. Most of the higher education is teaching people to read and write better. Learning some facts or skills comes as a side effect. OECD recognizes 6 levels. Below Level 1: Adults can read brief texts on familiar topics and locate a single piece of specific information. Only basic vocabulary knowledge is required and the adult is not required to understand the structure of sentences or paragraphs. Level 1: Adults can read relatively short digital or print texts to locate a single piece of information that is identical to or synonymous with the information given in the question. Knowledge and skill in recognising basic vocabulary, determining the meaning of sentences, and reading short paragraphs of text is expected. Level 2: Adults can make matches between the text, either digital or printed, and information. Adults can paraphrase or make low-level inferences. Level 3: Adults are required to read and navigate dense, lengthy or complex texts. Level 4: Adults can integrate, interpret or synthesise information from complex or lengthy texts. Adults can identify and understand one or more specific, non-central idea(s) in the text in order to interpret or evaluate subtle evidence-claim or persuasive discourse relationships. Level 5: Adults can search for, and integrate, information across multiple, dense texts; construct syntheses of similar and contrasting ideas or points of view; or evaluate evidence based arguments. Adults understand subtle, rhetorical cues and can make high-level inferences or use specialised background knowledge.

paypalcust83 7y ago

An illiterate, lazy populace is a ship of fools. Just look at 45 and the decline of used book stores and libraries. I'm all for book readers or paper, but critical thinking skills and curiosity are virtually mothballed and covered in a patina of dust and spider webs.

torgard 7y ago
45 what? 1945?
- bryanrasmussen 7y ago
  I believe this was a reference to the 45th and current president of the U.S being Donald Trump.
  - chx 7y ago
    There was an amazing reddit comment about Donald Trump and his reading level https://www.reddit.com/r/bestof/comments/c9xmnj/ufalsedmitriy_perfectly_explains_what_went_wrong/et4jgno/ https://www.reddit.com/r/bestof/comments/c9xmnj/ufalsedmitri...

chx 7y ago

To an extent, I have some trouble too. Even after decades primarily reading in English, my speed remains excruciatingly low. Reading the average fiction novel, I can't do more than 20-30 pages per hour in English where I average 150-200 in my native language (Hungarian). Sigh.

nabla9 7y ago

Literacy has levels. Most of the higher education is teaching people to read and write better. Learning some facts or skills comes as a side effect. OECD recognizes 6 levels. Below Level 1: Adults can read brief texts on familiar topics and locate a single piece of specific information. Only basic vocabulary knowledge is required and the adult is not required to understand the structure of sentences or paragraphs. Level 1: Adults can read relatively short digital or print texts to locate a single piece of information that is identical to or synonymous with the information given in the question. Knowledge and skill in recognising basic vocabulary, determining the meaning of sentences, and reading short paragraphs of text is expected. Level 2: Adults can make matches between the text, either digital or printed, and information. Adults can paraphrase or make low-level inferences. Level 3: Adults are required to read and navigate dense, lengthy or complex texts. Level 4: Adults can integrate, interpret or synthesise information from complex or lengthy texts. Adults can identify and understand one or more specific, non-central idea(s) in the text in order to interpret or evaluate subtle evidence-claim or persuasive discourse relationships. Level 5: Adults can search for, and integrate, information across multiple, dense texts; construct syntheses of similar and contrasting ideas or points of view; or evaluate evidence based arguments. Adults understand subtle, rhetorical cues and can make high-level inferences or use specialised background knowledge.