🇺🇸 📚 **Reading like it’s 1989**

_Not only do well-read people perform better on tests of general knowledge — but as early as elementary school, Snow said, “better readers are better at understanding the multiple points of view that might be held about a civic or a moral issue. They’re less likely to think that if you disagree with them, it’s because you’re stupid … I think that’s pretty important.”_

🔗 https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/08/reading-like-its-1989/.

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