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The Civilization of Illiteracy

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A book that really thinks through a broad range of topics - more enlightening and much deeper than any current books on business, technology, or education, not to mention mind, brain, movies, and food.

The digital age is very complex. We use machines of all kind and we see how science changes our lives. Everything happens so fast. It is exciting and scary. What we do not know is why all this is taking place. And here comes this book, a heavy volume, totally dedicated to suggesting the reasons for the change we are experiencing. This author is familiar with technology as he is familiar with the many fields analyzed in the book. I am not surprized that Umberto Eco is enthusiastic about this book. At first I read it on the Internet but after that I decided that I have to have this book.

if you want to read a book that will continue to interest readers even after our infantile infatuation with the digital will give way to serious contributions then this is the BOOK. You read it here first. I wish someone will teach a class based on it. I would take it.

The angle at which it sheds light on the current landscape of immediacy creates a rainbow of hope from the mists of the newly engulfing watershed of human solvency.