First, our minds cultivated meaning and that meaning created thought. Thoughts which—32,000 years ago—evolved into visual language. A mens of communication that enabled connection and evolved into other formats.
the connection helped us to survive, but
eventually our societies helped us to protect ourselves from environmental threats. While that protection is unevenly distributed—there is
allows us to feel seen
, our ideas were powerful enough to cultivate and we created language.
Speeches became minstrels, but it was the conversation that persisted—not the format that evolved to carry it. As technology evolved, so too did the formats we used. Spoken words became written. As history was first recorded, so too was our battle for the development of a superior vehicle for communication.
First they came the speaches, I said nothing.
speaking, then there was writing, then there was blogging, then there was vlogging, th tweeting, so, now what?