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Are We Still Thinking? - by Simon Sarris

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So we’ll live, And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues Talk of court news, and we’ll talk with them too —  Who loses and who wins, who’s in, who’s out —  And take upon’s the mystery of things — Shakespeare, King Lear When someone asks, “Where do you get the news?” how do you answer? What are sources for the news, for new knowledge? Before modern times, the primary source was person-to-person conversation. Knowledge transferred everywhere people converged: in marketplaces and agoras, churches and bars, courts and association meetings, job sites and hearths. Through dialogue is how all people — peasants, kings, Da Vincis and Aristotles — for most of time, received almost all knowledge. There were a few books available, but there were no newspapers. Gathering new information mostly required organic, two-way process of conversation. Any news was naturally in the category of rumor (you could call “fake news” the obvious default), with th

Are We Still Thinking? The world’s slow move from dialogue to media Simon Sarris Jan 19, 2021 98 5 8 Share So we’ll live, And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues Talk of court news, and we’ll talk with them too — Who loses and who wins, who’s in, who’s out — And take upon’s the mystery of things — Shakespeare, King Lear Dialogue as Being When someone asks, “Where do you get the news? ” how do you answer? What are sources for the news , for new knowledge? Before modern times, the primary source was person-to-person conversation. Knowledge tr

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