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