Comment on If you live in a city, you'll probably end up memorizing the meanings of arbitrary numbers.
netvor@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If you live in a society, you’ll probably end up memorizing the meanings of arbitrary symbol sequences.
I’m talking, of course, about place names, people’s names and … what’cha call’em … words.
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Agreed.
Still, OP is making a good point.
I sometimes try to imagine what it would be like to not be able to read. Esp. In an urban environment, as opposed to fields & forests. There’s just so much everywhere, signage, ads, displays…