I didn't have time for more than a quick reply last time, but your mention of books brought to mind something a historian was saying. For thousands of years history was passed down through story telling and it worked really well because they carried that history on for thousands and even tens of thousands of years. In many ways the invention of writing meant that this tradition was lost because writing seemed to make a more permanent and long lasting record, but of course it doesn't always survive. Then he told a story where a God (Thoth perhaps?) gave mankind the gift of writing and someone responded that it wasn't a gift so much as a curse, because you can give guidance, caution and full understanding in the written word as you would if you were telling the story and imparting the wisdom and meaning behind it yourself. This really rings true because much of the history we have gleaned from writings comes with different interpretations depending on the reader and translation.
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On spot. I like how you've put it. This speaks to me how written language is to relationship like highways to a neighborhood. It feels fast and progressive but separates. Not what a good video or text chat can do. Speaking of progression, I again like Ivan Illich's essay with his epimethean perspective. He tells the story of Epimetheus being Prometheus' brother. That's ingrained not only in written, but in spoken and ultimately thought language: speaking of cognition.
And then comes Jinan KB with his workshop. I'll bet you have some more historic epiphanies with that. And I hope you'll enjoy them.
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