Both/and, not either/or. Yes, that's the world they now live in. They need to know how to communicate (both send and receive) in voice and video. But there's

Both/and, not either/or. Yes, that's the world they now live in. They need to know how to communicate (both send and receive) in voice and video. But there's some good stuff in the highlights of what was produced over the last several thousand years. All of that stuff is written. Then need to be able to access that too. And, since a significant fraction of the more thought-oriented stuff is still in writing, they also need to be able to write.