a little more McLuhan (& maybe Pynchon)

[David Payne]

"literate" vs. "pre-literate" peoples is gray scale, not an "Us" vs. "Them". 

For example:

* Does "literate" mean able to read a newspaper written at an 8th grade (U.S.) level? 

* Or does literate mean recognize that an arrow means "this way"?

A genuine question (I know this sounds factious, but I'm truly curious): Is there a test/scale for measuring the richness of one's inner life?