the problem with oral societies isn't that they unable to transmit information (...

adgjlsfhk1 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Late Bronze Age Collapse

the problem with oral societies isn't that they unable to transmit information (in the Shannon sense) it's that they're really bad at transmitting information through time while separating true facts about history from fables, revisionism, bias, she intermixing with pure fiction.