# Will Reading and Writing Survive Video and Audio by Marti Hearst > “Will reading and writing survive given the seduction of video and audio?” > **— Marti Hearst**, *2018 Edge Annual Question, question* ## Sources and Context - **Original Edge response:** [The Last Question — Marti Hearst](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/27636) — Marti Hearst's question in the 2018 Annual Question collection, posed rather than asserted as a conclusion. The Edge response page is the publication record for this exact question. - **Local archival entry:** [[research/Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation|Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation]] (EDGE2018-108). ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Edge|Edge]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Art is Long|The Art is Long]] - **Article:** [[articles/Uploading Is Imminent|Uploading Is Imminent]] - **Article:** [[articles/Who Pays for Your Heaven|Who Pays for Your Heaven]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Long-Term Digital Preservation|Long-Term Digital Preservation]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Will reading and writing survive given the seduction of video and audio?” — Marti Hearst, 2018 Edge Annual Question https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-marti-hearst-reading-writing-survive-video-audio ```