From: Greg Jordan (jordan@chuma.cas.usf.edu)
Date: Mon Mar 03 2003 - 11:01:57 MST
On Sun, 2 Mar 2003, Nathanael Allison wrote:
> I think that Video is a much better medium than Writing. It will have huge
> impacts on the general public when anyone can make and distribute them. If a
> book could be completely changed, without leaving anything out, into video
> it would be a much better source. Our minds will change and adventually
> learn to accept information in video form as well as we do in writin form.
Comparing media is like comparing apples and oranges - what is good in one
respect may be bad in another. It is already a forward position to say
that video is an art medium. But there are things you can do in writing
you cannot do in video.
> The alphabet is Primitive. Only 26 letters for english. It's time to move
> on.
Alright, we need more letters :) Audio may eventually reach parity with
writing, but I don't writing is going to pass away. In addition to what
I said above, writing can exist in much more stable formats than say
digital audiovideo embedded in quickly-outdated & perishable codes.
gej
resourcesoftheworld.org
jordan@chuma.cas.usf.edu
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