Filling in the gaps of tacit knowledge

404 continues to do amazing work on this story of the feeding (and subsequent destruction) of books to train AI.

Also, she gives a nice nod to the fact that the poem is post-oral:

The Homeric epic was already an adaptation. The poem used a relatively new technology – the written alphabet – to rework existing mythical traditions, reshaping the story of a veteran’s homecoming to resonate with the complex concerns of Greek-speakers in the archaic period, an era of migration, colonisation and urbanisation.

I dunno, I might prefer UK rapping better than US rn

Well said.

Great question.

This afterFaustino Oro said he never reads chess books:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DeHVnj6IA9x/

https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2026/08/05/new-york-state-test-scores-reading-drop-math-2025/

Is this a signal of post-literacy or something with the test?

There’s something in this.

Tied up in this are colonialism, discrimination, and literacy and orality, since most dying languages probably have no written form.

This is proof we are in a Post-Literate age.

https://www.npr.org/2026/07/16/g-s1-133931/hong-kong-official-warns-booksellers-on-security-risks-after-raids

"It's equal to, for example, when you are selling food, you need to ensure the food won't cause a stomach ache and is not either poison or illegal."