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James Barr @jamesbarr.bsky.social · 7d

Finally read this superb piece by @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social

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James Marriott @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social · 9d

thank you for reading!

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Elizabeth Eisenhauer @eaeisenhauer.bsky.social · 9d

Amazing essay by @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social

Convincingly weaving the connection between literacy, reading, innovation, creativity and public engagement in democracy. And by corollary - the decline of literacy / reading a harbinger of democracy’s fall. Read it.

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herman mark schwartz @thunen.bsky.social · 16d

quote is h/t james marriott
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James Marriott @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social · 10d

Elizabeth Eisenstein was a woman!

James Marriott @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you very much for reading - glad to know you enjoyed!

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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 10d

This is fantastic by @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social Articulates so well our (intentional?) societal regression

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James Marriott @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks very much for reading!

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Geoffrey Lean @geofflean.bsky.social · 12d

A hugely important article by @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social on how an astonishing decline in reading books, brought about by the smartphone, is fuelling authoritarianism and threatens the greatest setback for civilisation since the fall of the Roman Empire.

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James Marriott @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social · 13d

An absolutely fascinating conversation about "how to read a painting" with the brilliant Bendor Grosvenor

Dr Bendor Grosvenor FRHistS @bendorgrosvenor.bsky.social · 13d

The great James Marriott and I discussed how to look at pictures, and had a go at deciphering Holbein’s Ambassadors.
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Dr Bendor Grosvenor FRHistS @bendorgrosvenor.bsky.social · 13d

The great James Marriott and I discussed how to look at pictures, and had a go at deciphering Holbein’s Ambassadors.
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James Marriott @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social · 18d

The big tech companies are reversing the intellectual and political gains of the Enlightenment and returning us to a New Dark Ages of ignorance, rage and superstition - it's the most important story of our time
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James Marriott @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social · 18d

The big tech companies are reversing the intellectual and political gains of the Enlightenment and returning us to a New Dark Ages of ignorance, rage and superstition - it's the most important story of our time
jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...

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James Marriott @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social · 18d

your TikTok piece is great

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James Marriott @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social · 19d

My magnum opus - a unified field theory of why the post-literate society spells disaster for civilisation as we know it

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James Marriott @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social · 19d

In the eighteenth century the rise of literacy precipitated the greatest transfer of knowledge into the hands of ordinary men and women in history and helped to destroy the old feudal order in Europe.

As literacy recedes a neo-feudal future looms.

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James Marriott @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social · 19d

My magnum opus - a unified field theory of why the post-literate society spells disaster for civilisation as we know it

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Josh Westerling @joshwesterling.bsky.social · 19d

Great @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social piece that neatly counters the usual push back that, as this echoes past changes in communication things will be fine. Print *did* change society and how we think - so did TV, I think, fwiw - so just waving concerns away re smartphones + social media is foolish.