This isn't true yet, but with enough technological progress it could become true. And if it does, it seems likely that the change from literate to post-literate

This isn't true yet, but with enough technological progress it could become true. And if it does, it seems likely that the change from literate to post-literate culture will be as significant as the change from pre-literate to literate. Ted Chiang wrote an excellent story examining this issue (although not going as far as completely post-literate): http://subterraneanpress.com/magazine/fall_2013/the_truth_of_fact_the_truth_of_feeling_by_ted_chiang http://subterraneanpress.com/magazine/fall_2013/the_truth_of...