Clubhouse — still only running in beta on iPhone (available like 티스토리) — has been on fire day after day.
Real users say that, unlike YouTube Live, it enables truly raw, live meetings. They say you get the same liveliness as meeting offline, and the afterglow of parting lingers for a long time.
In that moment, I was reminded of Socrates — who is said to have never written a single book in his life — and his words,
Socrates said,
true knowledge isn't made through writing or letters.
It's only possible through vivid conversation.
And I thought of one of our domestic audio startups, Wela Audiobook.
So, could this be the time when the form of publishing itself is shifting?—
On post-publishing content:
Form: print to script (e-book), audio (Wela), uploaded video (youtube), live (clubhouse),
Interaction: the author's writing and the reader's reading or listening to conversational communication (video/voice — real-time / periodic feedback)
