The Tyrrany of Literacy. On oral tradition and what is lostlanguagelog.ldc.upenn.edu41 points·by n2j3·9 माह पहले·57 comments
n2j3·4 दिन पहले·discussHuman here. I added a sleep 0.5 at the end, it's too fast to read otherwise. Makes for a nice terminal screensaver!
n2j3·3 माह पहले·discussThe funny thing is that I am, even if that puts me in the naive minority in this thread.
n2j3·3 माह पहले·discussWe are expecting Iran to honour an International Convention when US and Israel have squarely shat on every convention's face, so to speak.
n2j3·4 माह पहले·discussI wish I was well versed into dialectic/Hegelian thought as I am sure there's a way of seeing this as a step towards abolition of private property altogether. The question is who owns the means of production(computation) I suppose.
n2j3·4 माह पहले·discussMarinetraffic is a good example of enshittification. Started well, now it's heavy and ad-laden, practically useless without a paid account.
n2j3·9 माह पहले·discussLiteracy didn’t just spread knowledge, it narrowed what we recognize as knowledge.