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What is interesting to me is the decline in both understanding and communication abilities. When I look at modern speech and compare it to books written hundred
by Xeoncross 4y ago
What is interesting to me is the decline in both understanding and communication abilities. When I look at modern speech and compare it to books written hundreds of years ago the deficiencies are stark.
I can't imagine how poorly people will speak and mentally process emotions in 20 years.
- EMIRELADERO 4y agoThat is a non-sequitor. If you took an average working-class, "blue collar" person from hundreds of years ago, they would speak very differently from how those books are written.
- duderific 4y agoOk, maybe a better comparison that is sort of apples to apples would be to take a speech by George W. Bush or Donald Trump compared to say, George Washington or Abraham Lincoln. Surely you can see there is a sharp drop off in vocabulary and ability (or desire) to convey complex ideas.
- I-M-S 4y agoOr think of it as signal to noise ratio improving. Complex words often hide simple thoughts.
- rchaud 4y ago> books written hundreds of years ago How many of these books are representative of how average people spoke then?