[lbo-talk] newspapers in 1776 [was: happiness pays?]

[Jim Devine]

> Also -- in the 18th & 19th c. reading aloud of texts in groups,
> interspaced with discussion of what was being read, was far more common
> than today. From some experimenting in a study group here back in the
> 1970s we discovered that the less 'literate' members of the group could
> keep up on the discussion of rather complex texts if they had an audio
> tape to follow along with their reading. Intelligent non-literate people
> of the colonial period would undoubtedly have been able to participate
> intelligently in political discussion on the basis of hearing texts read
> aloud.

it's still true. Some people are better "visual learners," while
others are better "auditory learners." It really has nothing to do
with "intelligence" as normally conceived.
--
Jim Devine / "There can be no real individual freedom in the presence
of economic insecurity." -- Chester Bowles