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Re:Outgrowing Software by sombremesa on Sunday March 21, 2021 @01:44PM (#26532274)
> There's a reason societies which switched from hieroglyphics to alphabets have higher literacy rates—the best way to promote widespread literacy is to make it easy and accessible.

Source? This seems to have a lot more to do with socio-economics and politics than linguistics.

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Re:Outgrowing Software by Wowfunhappy on Sunday March 21, 2021 @01:51PM (#26532346)
I see them as all tied together. Rising literacy rates increase standards of living. Rising standards of living leave time to learn to read. More people reading creates pressure to make reading easier. And so the cycle continues.
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