Imagine there’s no writers,
It’s easy if you try,
No lewd and shallow sitcoms,
A chance to see the sky,
Imagine all the people
Talking among themselves
Ooh-ohhhhh
You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
Someday I hope you will join us
And go outside and see the sun
[blockquote]When it came to writing, Thoth said, “This discipline, my King, will make the Egyptians wiser and will improve their memories: my invention is a recipe for both memory and wisdom.” But the King said, “Thoth, my master of arts, to one man it is given to create the elements of an art, to another to judge the extent of harm and usefulness it will have for those who are going to employ it. And now, since you are father of written letters, your paternal goodwill has led you to pronounce the very opposite of what is their real power. The fact is that this invention will produce forgetfulness in the souls of those who have learned it. They will not need to exercise their memories, being able to rely on what is written, calling things to mind no longer from within themselves by their own unaided powers, but under the stimulus of external marks that are alien to themselves. So it’s not a recipe for memory, but for reminding, that you have discovered. And as for wisdom, you’re equipping your pupils with only a semblance of it, not with truth. Thanks to you and your invention, your pupils will be widely read without benefit of a teacher’s instruction; in consequence, they’ll entertain the delusion that they have wide knowledge, while they are, in fact, for the most part incapable of real judgment. They will also be difficult to get on with since they will have become wise merely in their own conceit, not genuinely so.” . . .[/blockquote]
[url=http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/2.1/features/brent/platowri.htm]Plato on writing[/url]
Imagine there’s no writers,
It’s easy if you try,
No lewd and shallow sitcoms,
A chance to see the sky,
Imagine all the people
Talking among themselves
Ooh-ohhhhh
You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
Someday I hope you will join us
And go outside and see the sun
Aw, Ed, you oughta be a writer! 😉
Are you trying to say we might be better off during the writers’ strike than after????
What a novel thought!! (Sorry :^>)
In faith, Dave
Viva Texas <><
Bravo Ed, last of the Romans.
Am I the only one who found it interesting that this post is entitled “A World Without Writers” and the link was [b]watch[/b] it all…
[blockquote]When it came to writing, Thoth said, “This discipline, my King, will make the Egyptians wiser and will improve their memories: my invention is a recipe for both memory and wisdom.” But the King said, “Thoth, my master of arts, to one man it is given to create the elements of an art, to another to judge the extent of harm and usefulness it will have for those who are going to employ it. And now, since you are father of written letters, your paternal goodwill has led you to pronounce the very opposite of what is their real power. The fact is that this invention will produce forgetfulness in the souls of those who have learned it. They will not need to exercise their memories, being able to rely on what is written, calling things to mind no longer from within themselves by their own unaided powers, but under the stimulus of external marks that are alien to themselves. So it’s not a recipe for memory, but for reminding, that you have discovered. And as for wisdom, you’re equipping your pupils with only a semblance of it, not with truth. Thanks to you and your invention, your pupils will be widely read without benefit of a teacher’s instruction; in consequence, they’ll entertain the delusion that they have wide knowledge, while they are, in fact, for the most part incapable of real judgment. They will also be difficult to get on with since they will have become wise merely in their own conceit, not genuinely so.” . . .[/blockquote]
[url=http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/2.1/features/brent/platowri.htm]Plato on writing[/url]
Most of the writers featured in this clip are dead.
Now what we get are things like Saw 4, Predator v. Alien, Transformers, Lions for Lambs, Rush Hour 3, Balls of Fury, Fred Claus, etc.
While I think the writers have a case, I wouldn’t mind seeing this strike drag on for, oh 2 or 3 decades.