James Marriott

A hermit who takes a newspaper is not a hermit in whom one can have complete confidence.

Thank you for reading. And yes - you guys are right on the front line against the forces of darkness. You have a civilisational duty to sell as many books as possible!

The dawn of the post-literate society And the end of civilisation

We are late to this piece by @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social. It is brilliant, and sobering. We have a fight on our hands, booksellers…

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As an Eastern European "frosty," I'm rarely rattled.

However, after reading @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social article, "The dawn of the post-literate society and the end of civilisation," I definitely was...

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I really enjoyed this conversation about the decline of reading and the threat addictive digital devices pose to our civilisation

We have stopped READING - could it be a sign our civilisation is COLLAPSING?

@j-amesmarriott.bsky.social certainly seems to think so. Check out our conversation HERE👇🏻

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YouTube video by Novara Media Modern Society Is Becoming Illiterate

I really enjoyed talking to Novara Media about why the post-literate society is an unfolding political catastrophe and why we need the mainstream media

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Beware the novel problems of our success True, we have never had it so good but no previous human society has had to face the challenges of such achievement

For all the pessimism around at the moment, in the context of history we are living in an unimaginable golden age. Many of the problems of the C21st are the unprecedented problems of success - ironically, that is what makes them so difficult to solve

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thank you very much for reading!

The dawn of the post-literate society And the end of civilisation

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

thank you for reading!

The dawn of the post-literate society And the end of civilisation

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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Elizabeth Eisenstein was a woman!

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

The dawn of the post-literate society And the end of civilisation

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

Thanks very much for reading!

The dawn of the post-literate society And the end of civilisation

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

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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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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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...

your TikTok piece is great

The dawn of the post-literate society And the end of civilisation

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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The dawn of the post-literate society And the end of civilisation

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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The dawn of the post-literate society And the end of civilisation

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

jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...

The dawn of the post-literate society And the end of civilisation

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.

This age of extreme nihilism threatens us all Charlie Kirk gunman appears to have roots in foetid online communities where users can’t cope with their atomised lives

Good piece by @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social on the violent nihilists of America

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