10 All observations here on orality/literacy & glosses on work of Walter Ong -- please excuse broad generalizations. Will qualify later.
20. George Takei & his assistants are good example of post-textual communications: those word/image concoctions that go viral on Facebook
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21. The element of text in post-textual works isn't just residual: post-texts often work best as distillations of textual arguments.
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22. What post-texts can't do: so far, we haven't seen post-texts that can make sustained, linear, abstract argument (i.e. Piketty)
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@HeerJeet how do illustrated manuscripts fit in? They have pics and interaction just slower than online http://m.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/03/cheeky-complaints-monks-scribbled-in-the-margins-of-manuscripts/254868/ … -
@cliffmanning Good point -- sheer tangibility of illustrated manuscripts also very different from post-texts. - Show replies
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