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It's the same reason we aren't showing each other pictures or playing each other music right now. Written word is the best way to convey almost all kinds of com
by asdflkj 19y ago
It's the same reason we aren't showing each other pictures or playing each other music right now. Written word is the best way to convey almost all kinds of complex information. If you have the time, that is.
- xlnt 19y agoi think video and pictures are useful for a lot of information (less than writing, but a lot). but in general they are more expensive to do well. but examples include charts, maps, and graphs, and also pictures of scenes usually work better than describing what it looks like in English.
- asdflkj 19y agoI said "complex information". This is vague, but you can see the truth of this in a following way: take any topic, such as maps, which you mentioned. What's more complex, a map, or knowing how to make a map? The former will be a picture, but the latter will be mostly text. As far as I can tell, this is the rule. As you go up in complexity, text becomes more and more suitable. By the way, I mostly agree that books are overrated. The reason is that most books are not very complex. Text is the wrong medium for the ideas of their authors.
- derefr 19y agoIt's the most direct way. A picture you love can be worth 1000 words you couldn't stand to hear, and as such could be "better" at communicating its message to you.