Derek Thompson discovers mouths invented TikTok before the algorithm did

A minimalist book cover with cream background featuring a large mouth illustration on the left side framed in red, and a hand holding a smartphone on the right side. The typography is elegant and serif-based, presenting what appears to be a serious academic or journalistic work about oral culture and social media's impact on human cognition. Extracted text: THE ORALITY THEORY OF EVERYTHING The decline of reading and the rise of social media are again transforming what it feels like to be a thinking person. BY DEREK THOMPSON A