Found this interesting essay on writing and it's effect on our thinking; seemed relevant to our discussion yesterday on the evolution of text.
On the Ecological Consequences of Alphabetic Literacy:
Reflections in the Shadow of Plato’s PHAEDRUS (David Abram)
what do you think?
(David Abram is author of "The Spell of the Sensuous," a wonderful book on environmental philosophy and our experience of the natural world, which includes some of his ideas about text's influence on our evolution)
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