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Many of the publications in Japan limit themselves to these characters, to facilitate literacy -- some are required to.— Tim Ferriss: Smash fear, learn anything
But all the various surveys of literacy undertaken in the U.S. (and also reflected elsewhere in the English-speaking world) point towards not just systematic sub-literacy (93 million Americans with basic or below basic literacy skills) but accelerating a-literacy, which is to say - the ability to read but the decision not to - and diminishing information skills.— doggdot.us
Technical and vocational training continue to undergo reform to provide skills badly needed by our people, especially the rural population -- literacy and skills are essential for self-improvement, including the improved ability to engage better agricultural practices such as use of modern inputs like fertilizer.— Fast Company

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