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That minority only flourished for a brief period in the 20th century when universal literacy was achieved through schooling and proliferation of white collar wo
by screye 2y ago
That minority only flourished for a brief period in the 20th century when universal literacy was achieved through schooling and proliferation of white collar work.
For most of history, writers were a tiny minority. It exploded 100x in the last few decades. If it goes down 10x, it's still way above where we were in the 1800s.
- thih9 2y agoThat's a fascinating point of view, thanks for sharing. I know that the concept of dark ages is overblown, but still - something about relying on AI like this makes me think of the end of classical antiquity.