a little more McLuhan (& maybe Pynchon)

[David Morris]

Right.  And are pictures writing?

On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 11:43 PM, David Payne <dpayne1912 at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> "literate" vs. "pre-literate" peoples is gray scale, not an "Us" vs. "Them".
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> For example:
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> * Does "literate" mean able to read a newspaper written at an 8th grade (U.S.) level?
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> * Or does literate mean recognize that an arrow means "this way"?
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> 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?