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> I don’t need to take my car to a mechanic or pay someone to teach me, I can watch a YouTube video on how to change my oil.

This is historically why reading comprehension has been such a big deal. This information has always been widely available, in a maintenance manual you could borrow from your local library.

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This point has stunned me recently. I purchased an air conditioner and furnace recently and thought hey I wonder what is in the massive manual. It turns out a lot! The same is true for most of the appliance and machine manuals I've looked at. What scares me from using said manuals is my lack of the basics in plumbing, electrical, etc.

There’s a limit on the number of books in a library, but the internet has allowed information to replicate as needed. I don’t need to wait a week for someone to return the Car Maintenance for Dummies book, the internet let’s me get the information very quickly.

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