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The New Dark Ages

The Death of Reading and the Dawn of the Post-Literate Society

James Marriott

Written by: James Marriott
Read by: James Marriott
Length: 4 hrs
Publisher: Random House Audio
Released: 2026-10-06

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What it is

A provocative argument about how an increase in literacy jumpstarted modern civilization, and how its decline threatens democracy and the future of humanity The beginning of the modern era saw the widespread adoption of new printing technologies that allowed the written word to spread far and...

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