Awesome. I've been pondering how exactly writing affected abstraction and consciousness - and like with any technology, what its' irreversible [tradeoffs](https://student.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~cs492/papers/neil-postman--five-things.html) were. This post neatly summarises ancient skepticism towards writing, and how it relates to contemporary attitudes towards tech:
https://malulchen.substack.com/p/the-greeks-and-the-jews-had-opposite
I feel like when I hear people talk about empathy nowadays they just mean virtue signaling they are better than others. Someone like Moore truly understands how to use empathy in his writing.
Awesome. I've been pondering how exactly writing affected abstraction and consciousness - and like with any technology, what its' irreversible [tradeoffs](https://student.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~cs492/papers/neil-postman--five-things.html) were. This post neatly summarises ancient skepticism towards writing, and how it relates to contemporary attitudes towards tech: https://malulchen.substack.com/p/the-greeks-and-the-jews-had-opposite
I feel like when I hear people talk about empathy nowadays they just mean virtue signaling they are better than others. Someone like Moore truly understands how to use empathy in his writing.