Culture shapes the brain: How reading changes the way we think

[rangerrebew]

Culture shapes the brain: How reading changes the way we think
April 23, 2018, Max Planck Society
 

From a research perspective, reading and writing is a fascinating phenomenon. After all, the first writing systems date back less than 6,000 years – the blink of an eye in the timescale of human evolution. How the human brain is nonetheless able to master this complex task is a key question. Current topics of scientific interest include exploring the differences between practised readers and illiterate individuals—and the consequences for people with reading difficulties—as well as the impact of poor reading and writing skills on global democracy.

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-04-culture-brain.html

[endicom]

I don't want "genuinely democratic government."

[Sanguine]

I don't want "genuinely democratic government."

I'm not sure about "global democracy" either.  Sounds fairly Orwellian.

[endicom]

I'm not sure about "global democracy" either.  Sounds fairly Orwellian.

Or Blairingly Orwellian.

Many people and Republicans conflate, confuse and confound democracy with freedom. That could be the case here but I doubt it.