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People said the same thing about books and the written word in general
by cm2012 11mo ago
People said the same thing about books and the written word in general
- bananaflag 11mo agoAnd they were right. Ars memoriae is much less prevalent in the age of mass printed books.
- yread 11mo agoAbsolutely. Massive stories were passed on for thousands of year by word of mouth only - all kinds of creation myths. Even Odyssey was oral only for like 300 years, 15 generations!
- knownjorbist 11mo agohttps://paulgraham.com/writes.html https://paulgraham.com/writes.html