tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post1712007332819644801..comments2023-04-15T11:42:35.385-04:00Comments on Go To Hellman: Bambú. Framing.Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14172740163003223132noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-81271233337799666182010-07-05T21:41:47.025-04:002010-07-05T21:41:47.025-04:00http://www.andromedayelton.com/wp/2010/07/06/ebook...http://www.andromedayelton.com/wp/2010/07/06/ebooks-plato-and-the-unchanging-agony-of-change/ <-- Wrote that blog post.Andromedahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570669960490418748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-73667478925585137772010-07-04T18:50:26.475-04:002010-07-04T18:50:26.475-04:00I was just reading an ebooks-vs-print article earl...I was just reading an ebooks-vs-print article earlier today, and thinking that it really reminded me of how Plato was all freaked out about the rise of the book-book, because people would lose their capacity for memory or whatever, and thinking<br />a) that looks kind of silly in retrospect, given the amazing cultural history of the book;<br />b) hey, look, fear of change! it's always exactly the same!;<br />c) he was right: oral cultures have skills that literate ones lack, and the fact that the tradeoff is, from my perspective, more than worth it does not mean there wasn't a cost.<br /><br />And then I was thinking, huh, I could write a really interesting blog post about this if I actually remembered any Plato.<br /><br />So maybe you could write that, if you remember any Plato :). Of course I might review and write the post anyway.<br /><br />(P.S. Why no name/URL comment options?)Andromedahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570669960490418748noreply@blogger.com