Theories
I might have found a new addiction on the blockchain :)
As much as I love to write and get my thoughts out on 'paper' per se, I really appreciate the ability to record my thoughts as an audio and get them uploaded.
Which is kind of odd today because I have thoughts and theories on....The printed word. Yet I'm doing an audio recoridng of those thoughts...
And while it does focus mainly on my concerns that the printed bible is becoming a thing of the past, it's not relegated to #faith or #religion
It's an overall concern about how human beings are more interested in TikTok and less interested in spending time in a book.
I share my thoughts in the latest 'Jongo audio' post :)
I hope you enjoy it, and give me your thoughts on it...
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The shift from print to audio really highlights our changing habits.
Yup, for better or for worse...Not sure yet lol
Feliz y bendecido Martes , Efesios 2:1
Interesting, because I agree fully with you. I just message my dad about NotebookLM from Google. This tool has change the way I consume content, I have a lot of books on PDF formats and I have been using NotebookLM to generate podcasts from PDF, and books have been a way to consume such content. I am a big podcast consumer so I really enjoyed 'hearing' those books as audiobook. Enjoying my books on audiobook is actually quite more important for me.
I don't agree is a conspiracy theory, I think is more regular for people to interact and listen to conversations than reading it. A lot of people even reading things are usually forgotten while conversations somehow are easier to remember. Of course this has it's exceptions but I think in general people enjoy hearing stories than reading them. This is why we have Church and the gospel is read out loud, because most people don't like to read.
Another reason I don't think is a conspiracy is that we are reading more now, than any other time in history. Is only a short format, usually messages, notifications, signs and or tweets. Yeah TikTok is growing, but that doesn't mean people can't coupe with Twitter because is text. I would rather say, that long-format text is the one that is being summarized. I could also point out the same with writing, is hard to write a diary, is hard to write our thoughts even, but with comments we are blazing fast replying and getting into arguments online. There is no way we are even close to long format writing like a short novel or a book and have to hold the same thoughts for weeks, months and keep the mood of the writing the same regardless of the way our day went. Is definitely a hard to master art.
It's a weird angle for me because I love to read but I completely understand the value of bite sized pieces of content. I have been screaming for years here that we need to embrace short form content.
My biggest issue is that what will be digital may not be the same that's in print. The Word can be changed and no one would notice because we consume so much digital content.
I think the conversation went out from reading vs listening to 'vintagephilia'. Books sucks, they are bulky, heavy and hard to move. We had this same conversation with CDs, BlueRays on any genre, videogames, movies, music albums. I think we romanticize old tech and that's fine. But is not the same issue. And I love that is rather digital than analog. As for the risk of changing it, that's why blockchain, and digital signatures (like checksum) to have integration of content.
Revenge of Analog by David Sax is a fantastic book that covers that exact point. Fascinating to see different opinions of it. Thanks for stopping by!