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