Why 'post-literacy' in the AI era might actually be a good thing
curious_vii · x · 2026-09-20
curiousvii argues that "post-literacy" — the declining primacy of text in the AI era — may be a good thing rather than a loss. He lists historical skeptics of textual media: Socrates (via Plato), Alcidamas, Pythagoras, Jerome, Rousseau, Thomas Sheridan, Kierkegaard (of the press), and Nietzsche, showing doubts about text versus oral communication run deep in intellectual history.
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