neamhsplach@beehaw.org to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWould you rather be illiterate or have no legs?message-squaremessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up110arrow-down1message-squareWould you rather be illiterate or have no legs?neamhsplach@beehaw.org to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square71fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarethatsTheCatch@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoDepends what country I’m in. A developing country with poor education and lots of agricultural/manual labour jobs? Illiterate. A developed nation with good education and knowledge work jobs that can be done even without legs? No legs. A developed nation is also likely to be more wheelchair accessible, which is how I’m assuming I would get around.
minus-squareneamhsplach@beehaw.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoFor the purposes of the argument, you are you. You are in your current situation. You wake up tomorrow morning with either a lack of legs or a lack of reading ability. Which is preferable?
minus-squarePlexSheep@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoA developed nation with good education would make it pretty easy to learn how to read.
Depends what country I’m in.
A developing country with poor education and lots of agricultural/manual labour jobs? Illiterate.
A developed nation with good education and knowledge work jobs that can be done even without legs? No legs.
A developed nation is also likely to be more wheelchair accessible, which is how I’m assuming I would get around.
For the purposes of the argument, you are you. You are in your current situation. You wake up tomorrow morning with either a lack of legs or a lack of reading ability. Which is preferable?
A developed nation with good education would make it pretty easy to learn how to read.