The Tyrrany of Literacy. On oral tradition and what is lostlanguagelog.ldc.upenn.edu41 points·by n2j3·9 bulan yang lalu·57 comments
n2j3·4 hari yang lalu·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 bulan yang lalu·discussThe funny thing is that I am, even if that puts me in the naive minority in this thread.
n2j3·3 bulan yang lalu·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 bulan yang lalu·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 bulan yang lalu·discussMarinetraffic is a good example of enshittification. Started well, now it's heavy and ad-laden, practically useless without a paid account.
n2j3·9 bulan yang lalu·discussLiteracy didn’t just spread knowledge, it narrowed what we recognize as knowledge.