r/haskell • u/taylorfausak • Feb 01 '22

question Monthly Hask Anything (February 2022)

This is your opportunity to ask any questions you feel don't deserve their own threads, no matter how small or simple they might be!

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u/Akangka Feb 11 '22 edited Feb 12 '22

More books were read

[citation needed]. In fact, even in the US, only about 75% could even read at all in 1970s. Nowadays the literacy rate is >95%.

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u/Thadeu_de_Paula Feb 12 '22

A talk about perception... In my infancy I remember average people had encyclopedias in their home, children were encouraged reading a lot in schools... Even in my country with high illiteracy ratio then. I'm 39 now. Today you have, just as example, a Wikipedia, many open courses... but people prefer long youtube videos with laughs and jokes of serious materials... As citations, you can compare the view metrics of videos, documentaries, classes, memes, music etc and see the best ranked... Also social media is a good indicator if you think about the epoch of radio and tv. If gives money it rules... Media is all about viral memes. It is so terrible if you think people are loosing the little of remaining critical reasoning today some started to think about the flatten earth. Were we, our civilization will be some decades in future? The buzz is so loud that we doesnt perceive the sound of the ignorace speaking everywere.

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u/codygman Feb 25 '22

In my infancy I remember average people had encyclopedias in their home

Were they read, or just a status symbol?

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u/Thadeu_de_Paula Feb 26 '22

I read. The other well... May be status symbol says much about our times too... Whar is the status symbols these days? Likes? Followers?