Its a Gutenberg universe.
I think the same thing happened when hieroglyphic and cuneiform writing was introduced, then the alphabet, then printing from movable type so books were cheap and anyone who wanted could learn to read. Then came radio broadcasting, and TV.
Its just the same process, different in degree but the same in kind. There will be a time of confusion and adjustment, and people like us who mastered the old ways will complain about hoi polloi putting on airs and ripping the brush/pen/microphone from our hands.
Remember, Galileo didn't get in trouble for the heliocentic universe, it was for writing in Italian instead of Latin.
