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Towards an oral pseudo-medieval society…thanks to the internet

Posted by Paul Raven @ 28-01-2006 in Technology •

Interesting snippet from PhysOrg.com. Seems that a journalist (from the UKs own ‘News of the World’, no less) is concerned that the internet diet of audio and video snippets could annihilate all literary culture and produce a society that revolves around mythology and folkloric symbolism… Continue reading “Towards an oral pseudo-medieval society…thanks to the internet”

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