> And a corollary to this: There is probably an intellectual cost of returning to oral culture, which seems to be what's happening at the moment at a large scal

> And a corollary to this: There is probably an intellectual cost of returning to oral culture, which seems to be what's happening at the moment at a large scale [1]. If you talk about oral culture in the sense of having shorter messages, then it doesn’t necessarily have to be so much worse I think because there is a certain elegance to having clear and short messages. Like Forrest auto reviews on Youtube [1]. It’s so short that it allows more people to watch reviews for many cars. The information density is really high. What I think is the problem is playing into emotions and especially fear. Once fear and anger kick in it’s really hard to keep thinking logically. [1]: https://youtube.com/@forrestsautoreviewsofficial https://youtube.com/@forrestsautoreviewsofficial