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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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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They are not mutually exclusive.
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Stop. Watch videos of Trump even 3-5 years ago. His mental decline is real, not some kind of post-modern phenomenon to fit into this construct. He evidences clear signs and symptoms of some kind of progressive psycho-neurological deterioration, most likely a dementia.
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The sing song voice is a particularly familiar one from doing end of life care in a nursing facility with a locked ward.
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Being unable to say origin 3x was weird. Aldo not knowing where his father was born
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Yeah, what else is left for you to say, when you have a profound paucity of thought? Though depending on how broadly or narrowly you define the term, there's many post-literate people who are more affable and humble than Trump.
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Yes. Paucity of thought. Impoverished content.
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Listening to Trump over the last 5 years sounds exactly like listening to my mother in the early to mid stages of Alzheimer’s. His movements mirror those of some of the people I see in nursing homes with cognitive impairment.
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I read fewer books every year as my life commitments grow, but I don't think I've turned into a conspiracy-addled loon.
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