TidBITS: A Post-Literate Technological Age?

When the best someone can come up with is a vague recollection of a program's icon, it says to me that we've entered a "post-literate" technological society, one in which people have lost not just the ability to read and write about a topic, but also the ability to speak about it, all while retaining the ability to use it.

As someone who earns a living crafting text to help people learn how to use technology, I found myself profoundly troubled by Google's video.

via TidBITS

Interesting thoughts about Google's recent "What is a browser?" video.

Comments

[Geu]

Check out this dialogue from Californication where Hank Moody compares texting with the language of cavemen.

[Walt Dickinson]

Could you rephrase that as a series of cave paintings? I'm having trouble following what you're saying. :)

[Geu]

LOL ;-)