Why We're Getting Dumber and More Divided

Adults are reading less, teenagers are reading a lot less, children are being read to less, and a shocking number of voters are unable to read their ballots. How much does this illiteracy undermine democracy? Go to https://proton.me/typeashton today to get Proton Mail for FREE Want to check out Proton Pass too? Black Friday offers are now live here: https://go.getproton.me/SH23J Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:15 Reading is in trouble 05:46 Test Your Literacy & Literacy Around the Globe 09:51 Securing Your Communication 11:57 Is Politics Getting Dumber too? 17:08 The Decline of Democracy? 20:36 What can we do? *All Sources at End of Video to Read More* Other Videos You might Enjoy: Why Do So Many Americans Not Know How Their Government Works? | Civics Made Easy by @PBS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMqEnmDp2m8 Why everyone stopped reading. by @_jared https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3wJcF0t0bQ&t=59s Why you stopped reading by @answerinprogress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyUVgcsjp8s&t=124s Episode No. 183 📷 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/typeashton/ 🤳🏻 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@typeashton 🖥 Website: https://www.blackforestfamily.com 📧 E-mail: typeashton@gmail.com SUPPORT ME 👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TypeAshton Attribution: Music by Epidemic Sound: http://nebula.tv/epidemic Thank you to AP Archive and the Library of Congress for access to their archival footage. Stock footage and others clips by Getty and Envato Elements Narrated and produced by Dr. Ashton Schottler #europe #usa #government #politics #literacy #media #eu #economics #europeanunion #US #americaningermany #capitalism #education #information #germany #unitedkingdom #democracy #politicalscience