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Comment by quietbritishjim

> Secondly, humans having evolved in an oral world are used to much greater exertions and development of their memory (eg: recalling and narrating complex oral epics) which writing (and later computers) greatly weaken

In fairness, that is a rejection of the actual technology, not the surrounding culture.

But the point about culture of questioning is an interesting one I hadn't heard before.

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