I have a different perspective. The contemporary obsession with videos is no more than a manifestation of illiteracy. There is no question that the information in any video can be expressed in words that would take only a fifth of the time to read. The person who makes a video is incapable of being succinct, or they would write it out. This is also reflected in the absence of written summaries to introduce a video. Videos are the 21st century's reversion to waving arms before cave paintings.
That it what it leads to, but I think what it really indicates is the abandonment of schooling for baby-sitting. Reading and writing take mental discipline. Watching a video requires nothing. Not even thought. In my own opinion, most teachers should be fired...if not tarred and feathered. But of course this comes back to school boards and the failure of citizens (especially conservatives) to insist on educational performance.
I have a different perspective. The contemporary obsession with videos is no more than a manifestation of illiteracy. There is no question that the information in any video can be expressed in words that would take only a fifth of the time to read. The person who makes a video is incapable of being succinct, or they would write it out. This is also reflected in the absence of written summaries to introduce a video. Videos are the 21st century's reversion to waving arms before cave paintings.
I have thought about this trend myself.
A symptom of being less of a creator culture and instead a massive consumer culture.
That it what it leads to, but I think what it really indicates is the abandonment of schooling for baby-sitting. Reading and writing take mental discipline. Watching a video requires nothing. Not even thought. In my own opinion, most teachers should be fired...if not tarred and feathered. But of course this comes back to school boards and the failure of citizens (especially conservatives) to insist on educational performance.
Agree. Tore's entire 'appeal' if you want to call it that is her voice. She can spout word salad for two hours and people will listen.