Comment on Cory Doctorow New Book: Enshitification

• cecilkorik@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah, but that was because in those days most people were actually illiterate, which in recent history we considered a bad thing and tried to avoid, but it seems to be making a comeback unfortunately.

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  • EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not true, even highly educated Roman and Greek elites would attend book readings. It was considered a leisure activity and appreciated it as the performance it was, same as today.

    In fact today we have more reasons than ever to listen to audiobooks, the most significant of which is that it’s not legal nor advisable to read a physical book while driving a motor vehicle.

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    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Somehow, I don’t think the original commenter was referring to their memories of ancient Greece or Rome…

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      • EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Well yeah, because the original commenter wasn’t referring to their memories of any period of time, because the period of time they’re referring to doesn’t exist.

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