Literally spent a year of college studying the development of modernity. Believe as you like.
It also greatly reified the evolving dynamic of "public" vs "private" space and its concomitant abandonment of authenticity. Also, all the bureaucracy we hate was arguably bolstered by silent reading.
"Ancient times" being basically pre-1700's. The development of silent reading destroyed the power and clout of embodied knowledge and wisdom, grounded in other modes of knowing. It was a necessary precursor to the alienation of labor required by capitalism. Perhaps not the worst if it fades out.
It's funnier because the neutered suits he's talking about are buying the companies he works for, gutting them, and leaving the workforce broken and emasculated. Toxic masculine insecurity is wild.
Sounds like the teacher's nervous about being friends with cops and working some shit out in the classroom.
We thought sonys rootkit was bad. Now microsoft made a rootkit disguised as an os
If you don't believe in the supernatural, that seems a likely explanation.
Thank you!
A fun little bit of trivia on this whole thing, one of Israel's biggest exports is police training. So if your wondering why the cops are so eager to get involved here, it's because divestment from Israel cuts off funding for going to apartheid summer camp.
Dang. Yeah, I'd love to watch that.