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i like the idea that learning how to read, write, operate a manual transmission vehicle, or look up physical reference materials that have not been digitally archived is somehow exclusive and prevents one from learning the latest, most widely accessible and deskilled version of everything. like yeah, i know how to walk into a small town's public library and find newspaper clippings from a now-defunct newspaper that folded in the 1980s. now i'll never know how to type words into a browser.
like if you learn how to read, you won't even understand audiobooks. if you learn how to operate an old vehicle, you can't possibly operate a golf cart.
If you know how to read and write you won't dictate prompts to your phone.