All inventions seem inevitable in hindsight but before they were invented no one thought of them. The steam engine was invented only after thousands of years of cooking. A number system was invented after thousands of years of counting. So this week we ask: ‘What if no one ever invented writing?’
Would memory have evolved so that we needed no records? If we had sound recording would we still have books, recited books? Would we have drawings or songs to convey information?
Is a modern culture possible without writing? What form of writing will survive into the future? Why was writing never universal though the language was?
Bring your friends and a notebook 😊
IM Vulcan Viper, who teaches a meditation class every
Wednesday at 1pm SLT in the GeekSpeak auditorium, if you have ideas for new
subjects.
Posts
0 comments:
Post a Comment
Comments will be reviewed and posted within 24 hours. Please note any abusive content or outside promotional links may not be approved.