#Microblog Monday 583: Penny Universities

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I learned from a BBC article that cafes used to be called penny universities. For the cost of a penny, you could get a cup of coffee and sit and learn about local politics, world news, or general gossip.

I love this idea of knowledge being accessible. We wanted more people to be educated. To hear the news. Sure, there was a cost in the sense that you needed to pay a penny — which, on average, was about 1/10th of a person’s daily wage — but I’m paying a lot more than a 10th of my salary on each kid’s education.

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