The Civilization of Illiteracy, by Mihai Nadin
(C) Mihai Nadin 1997
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Foreward
Introduction
Literacy in a Changing World
Thinking about alternatives
Progressing towards illiteracy?
Book One The Chasm Between Yesterday and Tomorrow Contrasting characters Choose a letter and click Keeping up with faster living Loaded literacy Man proposes, man disposes Beyond the commitment to literacy A moving target The wise fox "Between us the rift" Malthus revisited Captives to literacy
The Epitome of the Civilization of Illiteracy
For the love of trade
"The best of the useful and the best of the ornamental"
The rear-view mirror syndrome