Literacy can make your life better.

but: it can get you in trouble with unsavory elements
- because: many Chinese intellectuals were sent to work in labor camps during the Cultural Revolution (Wikipedia (2019))
  - because: (co) intellectuals are highly literate
but: it may lead your life to a too ideal way that may be bad
because: It expand your horizon and provide you with the different way of thinking.
- because: When you develop literacy skills, you are learning not just to read, but to think. (answers.yourdictionary.com)
because: without literacy you couldn't read the Good Point site
because: it can help you achieve your goals
- because: information can be made use of for your own purposes
because: you can commune with great thinkers from the past and learn from their wisdom
- but: past thinkers made many mistakes
  - because: you can find the future direction in the thinking of the collision
- but: ignorance is bliss
- because: this is what distinguishes humans from animals
  - because: (co) humans have a better life than animals
because: it increases job prospects
- because: many jobs require the ability to read and write