Archive for December, 2007
How stupid are we?
Caleb Crain reports in the 24-Dec-2007 New Yorker that only 13% of Americans are proficient in reading to the degree that they can “compar[e] viewpoints in two editorials” (p. 134).
(And I fear that the percent of Americans who can compare two viewpoints at all to be nearly as low.)
What is a democracy when only 13% […]
Weak claims
danah boyd’s blog is subtitled “making connections where none previously existed,” but a much better title would be: “making connections where none exist.”
Recently boyd mentions a Pew study (link seems to be bad now; hope it comes back) reporting that 60% of adults are not worried about how much information is available about them online, […]