Now here’s a 🌶️ take

How many readers do you really need in an AI age that gobbles up all the reading jobs? 

I love reading. But often I wish I had like 10 less iq points and didn’t love reading.

Education is the leading indicator of an empire’s decline

There is also an opposing idea that too much education (create elites) is also bad for empires  https://www.dublincity.ie/library/blog/end-times-elites-counter-elites-and-path-political-disintegration-peter-turchin 

I guess just one way to find out :D