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How to Read

A different way to do what we were never taught to do in the first place.

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Matt Best
Jul 13, 2025
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Across the Earth today, about 86% of its human inhabitants over the age of fifteen know how to read and write. Basically every young person is taught how to read now, which is quite a marvel given that just 200 years ago, that same figure stood at 12%. Literacy is incredibly powerful, as the ability to read and write o…

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