Yeah I can't really see it going at all. With the upsoot of social networking tools over the last few years we already have our youth possibly engaging in more writing (or perhaps texting but it's still writting yes?) then they did lets say an arbitary 5 years ago.
Facebook, Twitter, Blogs etc.. all seem to have exploded in popularity over the last few years, people want to communicate with each other and it seems that the written word is still the way to do so, even in these exciting techical times. On 5 Mar, 16:01, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > Illiteracy appears to be on the decline: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy > > Sometimes a visual is interesting too. > > http://www.mapsofworld.com/thematic-maps/world-illiteracy-map.htm > > Of course, the USA has its issues. > > http://www.caliteracy.org/rates/ > > Other > sources:https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/21... > > And, it is obvious that definitions affect all such reporting. > > On Mar 5, 5:37 am, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On 4 Mar, 02:02, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > "If the novel goes the way of live theater – a medium appealing to > > > only a small, relatively rarefied segment of the population – what, if > > > anything, will be lost? What can a novel do for us that other art > > > forms can’t?” > > > >http://siobhancurious.wordpress.com/2010/03/02/encountering-the-other... > > > > What do you think? > > > I don't think it's likely to go away. In fact, the newer concepts of > > e-books are more likely to fade away than pen-on-paper due to the > > potential for electronic sabotage. Whilst Great Libraries (like > > Alexandria) may burn and destroy many instances of great works, the > > concept of writing won't fade unless the entire species is wiped out, > > as even most illiterates know about writing and, given a crises, may > > re-develop it, as illiteratacy doesn't, of necessity, imply > > uneducability or lack of intelligence. Heck, we still have The Epic > > of Gilgamesh (an example of a very old 'novel') written in cuneiform > > on clay tablets, and that's lasted for thousands of years. > > > Even human extinction may not wipe out literature from the Earth, as > > it may pave the way for other species to evolve and create their own. > > It would be interesting to hear the tales written by intellectual > > insects: The Story of the Lazy Bee; The Emperor Moth's Post-Pupate > > Clothes; 50 Ways to Kill You Lover by B. Widow and P. Mantis. The > > list goes on...- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
