Dumbing Us Down

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"New 10th anniverary edition."--Cover.

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4.1/5 · 23 readers · 104 pages · ≈ 1 h 56 m · Challenging

How long does it take to read Dumbing Us Down?

About ≈ 1 h 56 m — 104 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.Typical novel≈ 5 h 56 mDumbing Us Down~1 h 56 m

How many pages is Dumbing Us Down?

104 pages in its most-read edition.Typical novel320Dumbing Us Down104

What genre is Dumbing Us Down?

It sits on the Essays, Philosophy, Biography & Memoir shelves.

Is Dumbing Us Down in the public domain?

No — it is still under copyright.

Who wrote Dumbing Us Down?

John Taylor Gatto.

“Networks don’t require the whole person, only a narrow piece. If, on the other hand, you function in a network, it asks you to suppress all the parts of yourself except the network-interest part — a highly unnatural act although one you can get used to. …If you enter into too many of these bargains, you will split yourself into many specialized pieces, none of them completely human.”