This seems like a worthwhile issue. I find myself that literacy reduces experience into an iterable dimension, folds it into a dimension the way an object collapses from three to two dimensions. Time may be absent in literacy, although it takes awhile to pass through the space of reading a text. Then there is Benedict Anderson's claim that by conceiving of invisible others reading identical texts one can imagine communities. I have n
Been and will be exploring these issues at my Substack called Technomythos. (original material at technomythos.com)
I find audiobooks more controversial than podcasts. Audiobooks are not a surrogate for reading while podcasts are something different entirely. They don't compete with text, they compete with tv. I stopped watching tv years ago. For me podcasts i.e. online interviews, debates, book presentations, webinars and presentations have replaced most msm 'news' reporting. Finance & economics, climate, poltics & war etc are all best digested with as little ideologcal 'color' as possible. And since one's brain can't possibly remember all the core points, references and interesing observations, one takes notes every day.
This seems like a worthwhile issue. I find myself that literacy reduces experience into an iterable dimension, folds it into a dimension the way an object collapses from three to two dimensions. Time may be absent in literacy, although it takes awhile to pass through the space of reading a text. Then there is Benedict Anderson's claim that by conceiving of invisible others reading identical texts one can imagine communities. I have n
Been and will be exploring these issues at my Substack called Technomythos. (original material at technomythos.com)
David Harvey wrote about time-space compression in economics that may be a path to further inquiry
I find audiobooks more controversial than podcasts. Audiobooks are not a surrogate for reading while podcasts are something different entirely. They don't compete with text, they compete with tv. I stopped watching tv years ago. For me podcasts i.e. online interviews, debates, book presentations, webinars and presentations have replaced most msm 'news' reporting. Finance & economics, climate, poltics & war etc are all best digested with as little ideologcal 'color' as possible. And since one's brain can't possibly remember all the core points, references and interesing observations, one takes notes every day.
Reading = work.
Listening = work as well.