On the Death of Reading
Ave Maria in the Afternoon Segments · Marcus B. Peter, Th.D.
February 10, 202610m 0s
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Show Notes
Ray Bradbury famously observed that if you want a society to stop reading, you don’t actually need to burn books – you just need to take away peoples’ interest in them. Multiple studies in recent years show that the majority of American high school and college students are reading at a level far below their grade level. Marcus discusses the importance of reading to a free and virtuous society.
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