Orality and Literacy

I LOVE READING. I LOVE WORDS AND WRITING. HOWEVER, THE SHIFT FROM ORALITY TO WRITTEN TECH (AND IT IS TECH) TRANSFORMED CONSCIOUSNESS FROM COMMUNAL WISDOM (DARE I SAY FEM WISDOM) TO INDIVIDUATION AND ABSTRACT SELF CONSCIOUS UNDERSTANDING. I’D SAY YOU NEED BALANCE OF BOTH BUT THE FORMER IS GREATLY MISSING.

IN PLATO’S PHAEDRUS, WHICH ONG CITES: WRITING OFFERS ONLY THE APPEARANCE OF WISDOM, NOT "TRUE WISDOM".