Comment on Cory Doctorow New Book: Enshitification
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 4 months agoWhat? Oral book readings predate regular book reading as a hobby by hundreds of years.
Comment on Cory Doctorow New Book: Enshitification
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 4 months agoWhat? Oral book readings predate regular book reading as a hobby by hundreds of years.
cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 4 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.
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 4 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.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
Somehow, I don’t think the original commenter was referring to their memories of ancient Greece or Rome…
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 4 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.