> But that's the point, with any somewhat rich country, the level of education is high enough, that a generalization on the benefits of reading which Voltaire is talking about, are not valid anymore, because we now have them, and are on the point of moving on. And this is especially valid for the young generations.

> Reading today is not anymore the great awesome enlightenment it was in the past.

I can't roll my eyes far enough to express the magnitude of unabashed, pubescent hubris underlying this perspective.