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.
Check out this dialogue from Californication where Hank Moody compares texting with the language of cavemen.
Posted by Geu on August 18, 2009 at 4:18 PM
Could you rephrase that as a series of cave paintings? I'm having trouble following what you're saying. :)
Posted by Walt Grayson on August 18, 2009 at 11:15 PM
LOL ;-)
Posted by Geu on August 19, 2009 at 9:10 AM