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1. prometheus1992 · 1790711388 · focus · HN ↗

   Writing is a technology that served us well for over 5000 years, but now times are a changing. Written media will cease to provide any value in the next decade i think. In person chats/Public speaking will be revered again.

   Edit - people are assuming that i want this to happen. no, i don't. i am reading more than i ever did before, maybe out of rebellion. i am just stating what I THINK is to come. it might not go this way at all.

   1. kzrdude · 1790712358 · focus · HN ↗

      Speaking is a culture that has served us well for 300 000 years or so. To note, it has been used for both good and bad..

      1. prometheus1992 · 1790717793 · focus · HN ↗

         right.

         but i am making the case of in-person chat or public speaking, where in-person and public are the relevant parts.

      2. yurish · 1790754392 · focus · HN ↗

         Speaking did not create civilization.

         1. kzrdude · 1790764499 · focus · HN ↗

            That's an interesting point and I wonder how far it has been proven. I guess it is validated by the present. Scandinavian cultures had laws and communities with courts all without writing, they had a storytelling and law-reciting culture instead.

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