The evolution of writing can be seen through a variety of disciplinary and philosophical lenses. 
In recent years, humankind has experienced what historians call a "creative boom." We now live in an "Information Age." The text stated that ideas and technology evolve in connection with each other (21). That being said, coupling images and text allows the reader to engage and form more complex ideas about what s/he is presented in the text.
In the age of interactive media, the line between writer, reader, and text is blurred as reading becomes a less internalized practice and becomes more externally engaging via increasingly easy methods of sharing and interacting with writers and where texts are published or re-published.
Do you feel that the increased interactivity and externality of text and other forms of recorded communication allows us to engage in more complex thoughts (25)?
Reid, Alex. The Two Virtuals: New Media and Composition. West Lafayette, IN: Parlor Press, 2007.
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Yes, I do believe that the external nature of text allows us to engage in more complex thought and more complex discussion. Through writing, we can go back and edit, analyze, and solidify arguments or information. Just the ability to reread exactly what was said is benifical to forming complex thoughts, as it takes out a lot of the emotion (how we feel about a message is often all that is left after hearing a speech) so we can think a little more rationally about the subject.
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