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Kumabjorn · 06-15-2016, 08:47 AM

Are we at a point where our grandchildren won't be literate? Facebook makes a claim that text is disappearing. I guess they have some hard facts to make such a claim, and even if it will take up forward five or eight generations, will new technology come with illiteracy as a consequence? Please discuss. (Makes me feel like I'm in a pulpit.)

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06-15-2016, 08:47 AM	#1
Kumabjorn Basculocolpic Posts: 4,356 Karma: 20181319 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sweden Device: Kindle 3 WiFi, Kindle 4SO, Kindle for Android, Sony PRS-350 and PRS-T1	Facebook claims that the written word is dying Are we at a point where our grandchildren won't be literate? Facebook makes a claim that text is disappearing. I guess they have some hard facts to make such a claim, and even if it will take up forward five or eight generations, will new technology come with illiteracy as a consequence? Please discuss. (Makes me feel like I'm in a pulpit.) Twitter is to communications as haiku is to literature.