13. Again, as per McLuhan/Ong, end of long Gutenberg era (circa 1500-1950) means return of orality in technological forms.
23. Only the textual world can give us something like Piketty. So far, all post-texts can do is distill & popularize Piketty.
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24. If we thing of post-texts as being a genre or form, what characteristics define it?
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@HeerJeet This essay seems pretty linear, analytic, etc. in what is a post-text medium by your Ong criteria. Exception that proves rule? -
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