It Was All There in the EUA. Why Couldn’t They See it?
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Read Neil Postman. He writes about how the loss of the printing press as the dominant technology, and the switch to TV and now internet, would have many disastrous effects. Idk if he wrote about the TV turning us back to an oral society rather than written word. But the connection makes sense to me.
I would prefer to read as I am more of a visual learner than an audio one. Found this when I started college for the first time at age 36.
I saw some reviews of his book, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business, on Goodreads. One by Rickeclectic was particularly interesting. In case anyone wants to take a look at the book and reviews: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/74034.Amusing_Ourselves_to_Death
To me having an oral society is natural. I read a lot, but certain things are well-communicated orally. The problem is liars and programmers have an easier time hypnotizing people with the television.
His analysis on why the printing press was so superior to all other dominant technologies is very convincing. I went on a roll and read like 7 of his books a few years back. Amusing ourselves to death is GREAT. Highly recommended.