In the Web 2.0 age, when many see 100s of articles every day, are we more informed than previous generations were?

this is fascinating. i especially liked this tidbit about how high culture used to be disseminated:

In cigar-making factories in New York City, lectors sat on high stools reading Shakespeare, Marx, Engels, Darwin, Hugo, Balzac, and Tolstoy as cigar rollers performed their work.

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