A Famine of Literacy with Mark Hamby – Episode 054

Here at Off the Grid News we talk a lot about food famines, but what about a different kind of nourishment that we all need—those things that feed our hearts, souls, and minds? A wise man once said, “You will truly be the same today as you will be five years from now, except for two things…

…the people you meet and the books you read.”

We all know the old saying we have for computers… garbage in, garbage out.

Well, it’s the same way with our minds. The things that we expose ourselves to, whether in the written word or the visual world, have an effect on who and what we become.

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Please join Bill Heid, Brian Brawdy, and our guest, Mark Hamby, as they discuss Lamplighter Publishing, the impact that Mark wants this publishing company to have on our culture at large, and his hope that we can rebuild the character of our nation…

…one book at a time.

In this episode:

• How true wisdom is obtained
• The death of wisdom in modern literature
• One reason our economy and way of life is failing
• The addictive nature of visual stimuli

And more…