# Cognitive foundations of civilizations

Canonical page: https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2007-01-22-cognitive-foundations-of-civilizations

The piece argues that electronic books will renegotiate civilisation's imagery of books without revolutionising information consumption.

Blog post · Hermeneutic Heretic · 22 January 2007

## Where it lives

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## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 22 January 2007
- Published in: Hermeneutic Heretic
- Language: English

Topics: books, media, culture, literacy.

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