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Originally Posted by mezzanine
Im a fan of audiobooks and enjoy listening to speeches and discussions on youtube, but you are right when you observe reading is a qualitatively different experience than listening. Theres a reason why oral cultures gave way to literacy when writing evolved.
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Oral cultures did what now? You know that verbal storytelling still exists, right?
I'm so sick of the "audiobooks aren't real books" carry-on. We've done it to death here. People who are still proud of their text decoding ability need to grow up.