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a book is a medium too. when writing started to be used for things other than keeping track of goods and trade (such as writing down epics that were until then passed verbally from generation to generation), thinkers of the time saw it as a menace to intelligence and believed it would dull peoples' minds. intelligence was linked to memory in a very direct sense, and it was thought that reading would create a generation of lazy memories.
of course, being able to read exposes one to many more thoughts, concepts and ideas than would be possible to hear a poet speak, all of which were turned from their former transience into permanence: able to be re-read, shared and passed on. the advantages are practically limitless, and what is electronic media but another evolution of this same concept?
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