1. This is exactly right and inspires a few thoughts I have on Marshall McLuhan, Neil Postman, Ulysses, literacy, FDR, Eisenhower & presidential reading.https://twitter.com/emilynussbaum/status/1113937215757877248 …
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9. Alot the traits Trump has that some people see as symptoms of mental decline (the limited vocabulary, the non-sequitur and logical muddle, the frequent resort to slurs and crude nick-names) are more accurately seen as signs of post-literacy.
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10. This is a good point. Trump not only watches lots of TV. He watches the shittiest TV. No prestige TV for him, with its narrative ambitions and explorations of ambiguity.https://twitter.com/emilynussbaum/status/1113945275528351750 …
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11. Anyways, I wrote about Trump & post-literacy a while ago for
@newrepublic. I'll add: Trump's post-literarcy might explain the performative literacy of some Democratic candidates:https://newrepublic.com/article/144940/trump-tv-post-literate-american-presidency …Show this thread
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TBF, I think Postman is still widely read and regarded in the world of educators, especially in North America. But I do like the forgotten prophet moniker
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The trouble was that it was on the service of a mildly cranky argument that got thrown in with a bunch of extremely cranky ones, a la Allan Bloom
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Yeah, and very little clear reasoning can be done as it relates to politics when we don't even have shared definitions of expressions like "socialism," "political correctness," "identity politics," "open borders," or even "collusion."
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The basis of thinking. Not thunking you did,)
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woot woot! walter ong reference
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I'm gonna be real with you, I think this is writers jerking off writers. You can melt your brain with Tom Clancy and Breitbart every bit as badly as watching morning shows on Fox
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Is Postman really forgotten? Or have his ideas just permeated the culture so thoroughly we've forgotten to attribute them?
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