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WILL HUMANS OF THE FUTURE KNOW HOW TO READ AND WRITE?

YOU FIGURED OUT HOW TO SPEAK AND UNDERSTAND SPEECH DURING YOUR FIRST FEW YEARS OF LIFE. No one taught you how to do it. Learning to read and write took a lot more effort. Reading doesn’t come naturally to people, but most

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