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Mike Brock · 160w

We take written language for granted. But it's actually the most important human invention, when you really think about it. Nothing else comes close.

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Remove written language from the equation, and reduce us just to oral language, and our entire technological civilization basically just vanishes.

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Yea, but still, language by itself is so powerful, learning new words and ways of phrasing, sometimes “unlocks” new ways of thinking, and enables one to act differently