Stan Carey<p>"After a brief dalliance with literacy, humanity is returning to its oral roots."</p><p>Not sure I go along with all the arguments here, but it's a considered essay on deep reading vs "digital orality" (paywall currently removed): <br><a href="https://www.vox.com/politics/414049/reading-books-decline-tiktok-oral-culture" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">vox.com/politics/414049/readin</span><span class="invisible">g-books-decline-tiktok-oral-culture</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/literacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/essays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>essays</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/communication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>communication</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/DeepReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepReading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/orality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/WalterOng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WalterOng</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>