neverenoughgold: Not quite. Books aren’t burned, just not published. With congressional attempts to kill net neutrality still continuing, even that samizdat is endangered.
Leo Autodidact: Oral tradition is reliable in preliterate cultures, especially if they had specific persons entrusted to remember these things like the Polynesian talking chiefs. Will Mariner records demonstrating the advantages of a written language while in Tonga. A talking chief admitted it had advantages, “but if it isn’t worth remembering, should it be preserved?”
TREEINTHEWIND over 9 years ago
The case for printed textbooks…………
LeoAutodidact over 9 years ago
Ah, “Oral Tradition” Another name for ‘Whisper down the line!’
. . . and as reliable.
Ubintold over 9 years ago
It was only supposed to be a 3 hour tour.
NoCents over 9 years ago
Jose can you see?
mggreen over 9 years ago
There’s a bathroom on the right
drdougsteward over 9 years ago
scuse me while I kiss this guy
neverenoughgold over 9 years ago
“Fahrenheit 451” reality?
hippogriff over 9 years ago
neverenoughgold: Not quite. Books aren’t burned, just not published. With congressional attempts to kill net neutrality still continuing, even that samizdat is endangered.
K M over 9 years ago
Martin Landau played Count Ladislau Zark in “The Bat Cave Affair” episode of The Man from U.N.C.L.E., season 2, episode 28 (first aired 1 April 1966).
hippogriff over 9 years ago
Leo Autodidact: Oral tradition is reliable in preliterate cultures, especially if they had specific persons entrusted to remember these things like the Polynesian talking chiefs. Will Mariner records demonstrating the advantages of a written language while in Tonga. A talking chief admitted it had advantages, “but if it isn’t worth remembering, should it be preserved?”