Eraldo BanovacAcquiring new knowledge has been crucial for survival over the millennia.
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In order to survive, as a species, as a family, as a culture, as a country, as an individual, we have had to acquire new knowledge. Take the case of a child learning how to read. That child has been doing something that is considered normal today but which was once considered an impossibility. Learning how to read changed the way people thought and what was possible.
It brought about a new world where knowledge was no longer the sole domain of the elite. Knowledge became accessible to all.
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