Plato (and Socrates) distrusted the unwashed masses to rule themselves; ergo, philosopher-kings. So learning to reading and writing were skills that would be reserved for a small elite.

And that, it seems, to me is a more interesting concept to explore: a Socratic STEM “Republic”, where literacy is a monopoly tightly controlled by an techno-oligarchy. And such literacy focuses on STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). The humanities have been relegated to the delete bin.

This seems to be situation implied in the logline “an Android implanted with humanities history” — and if that is the case, I think the logline needs a better focus.

>>>This is already becoming more evident in our

Actually, our world is more dependent on written text than ever to support the technological infrastructure. For example, somebody has to write all that C++, HTML, and JavaScript code — hundreds of millions of lines, billions of characters — that makes all the web magic happen — and document it so it can be maintained.

But in your fantasy world, you can create any rules you want — as long as you can also make the audience suspend disbelief. Which obviously, is not happening with me. But I’m only one person; others’ mileage may vary. And I am a certified PITA (pain in the ass), someone who tends to kick the tires on a story premise. Hard. Very hard.

That being stipulated, why would writing be forbidden in your dystopic world? What problem does writing create for the BBC (Big Bad Corp) that it must be extinguished? IOW: What is the dramatic causal relationship between the disappearance of writing and the tyranny of the BBC.