Citations It is fairly clear what will be lost in the transition from Gutenbergian to electromagnetic culture, namely, everything we treasure in the Western legacy. On the other hand, we do not see what we have to gain. If we could do that, we would already have reached the first step toward the new way of thinking. But by trying to immerse ourselves in nominalistic thought, say, in the life and poetry of Francis of Assisi, we can get a sense of the future. Sola fide? Flusser: Does Writing Have a Future? , p. 53