Tag: Literacy

books in colored covers swirl on a blue background, copy space

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Peter Biles
Date
July 20, 2026

Categorized
Education

Tagged
Featured, Literacy}

Horowitch and Harrington Chime in on the “Post-literate Society”

_{Is the age of longform reading truly over?} _{Peter Biles
July 20, 2026

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Education}

Despite good reasons to be optimistic about reading’s ultimate survival, Horowitch and Harrington are putting their fingers on something real and concerning. Even for someone like me, who grew up reading books, the allure of digital distraction is often overpowering.

Programmer working on their professional development types on a laptop computer keyboard. Coding Language User Interface on Screens. Development of software and coding, ChatGPT AI and webdesign

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Doug Smith
Date
December 22, 2025

Categorized
Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Large Language Models (LLMs)

Tagged
ChatGPT, Large Language Models (LLMs), Literacy, William A. Dembski}

Why I Respectfully Disagree With Bill Dembski on AI in Education

_{Are GenAI chatbots really the bridge over the gulf of our education crisis?} _{Doug Smith
December 22, 2025

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Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Large Language Models (LLMs)}

Dr. Dembski wants us to use technology with wisdom. I share his broader goal, but not the use of generative AI chatbots to get there.

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Peter Biles
Date
October 30, 2025

Categorized
Arts & Culture

Tagged
fiction, free press, Literacy, Literature, Reading, Shilo Brooks, Technology}

On the State of Men and Reading

_{Valuable advice to students: Learn how to read deeply} _{Peter Biles
October 30, 2025

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Arts & Culture}

Reading great books might not immediately come to mind, but according to professor Shilo Brooks, it just might be a part of the answer.

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Peter Biles
Date
August 27, 2025

Categorized
Arts & Culture

Tagged
Artificial Intelligence, Books, Culture, Freddie Sayers, James Merriott, Jared Henderson, Literacy, Literature, Reading, Times, UnHerd}

Declining Literacy Rates and What Happens Next

_{Are we being alarmist or is literacy really on a lifeline?} _{Peter Biles
August 27, 2025

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Arts & Culture}

Whatever one’s opinions regarding solutions for declining literacy rates, people can always start to brew change in their own lives and communities.