What is literacy? Lionel Yaceczko on "How to Read a Book"

HeightsCast: Forming Men Fully Alive · Aug 17, 2021 · 36m

Ray Bradbury once remarked that, to destroy a culture, burning books is not necessary; all that is needed is to convince people to stop reading them. And, of course, the easiest way to sway people from reading is to keep them illiterate. Indeed, this is also the best way to rob them of their liberty. Frederick Doublas once remarked that "once you learn to read you will forever be free."

Now, it may be true that more people are literate today than ever before. Some statistics indicate that around eighty-six percent of adults in the world can read and write at a basic level. Compare this…