James Gleick quote — “A good part of 'The Information' is about the transition from an oral …”

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A good part of 'The Information' is about the transition from an oral to a literary culture. Books effected such a great transformation in the way we think about the world, our history, our logic, mathematics, you name it. I think we would be greatly diminished as a people and as a culture if the book became obsolete.

James Gleick

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