What if writing didn't exist? - History of Writing Systems #1

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John Horgan
by NativLang
published on 12 October 2017

Writing... awesome technology or unnatural intrusion? Why did humans start writing? What would our world be like without writing?

Here begins the tale of Thoth and Thamus, two legendary Egyptians arguing over the value of writing. Will you take Thoth's Pill, journey into the past and see what we unleashed when we invented writing?

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