Before you get smug about this keep in mind we've optimized writing for ease of reading a lot since the old days https://twitter.com/factsionary/status/815609258901389312 …
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It's interesting though that the norm did indeed use to be "in between" literacy
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Like how most people who can read music can do so with a keyboard or other instrument in front of them but not fully in their head
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Even later than that Late of 19th, even turn of 20th century mass printed stuff can be dense and hard to read
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also, it has a lot to do with the occasions of writing, that were strongly linked to a public/social/performative setting.
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for a very long time in the (at least western) history there was basicly no need for silent reading skills.
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