Reading and True Literacy

To read better, learn how to choose better books - Lindy Effect - [1]
Reading is a valuable skill much underutilized. Even those who are 'literate' do not take advantage of the skill.
Reading taste can grow up. From comic books to drame to sci fi to science and humanities... [2]. You start with junk food, your tastes grow up.
Re-reading - don't read everything, read the greatest books over and over.
More blogs - Farnjam st, Kevin Simmler's blog
But oldest wisdom is in books. Skim a large number, pick out the juicy parts.
Read anything. Build the habit. Your habit will improve.

Knowing

Circle of competence [3]. Open source economies which include openly accessible rapid learning materials break through this paradigm, increasing one's competence significantly. Civilization is so far yet so close to this point.