Writing is technology. Like the mating displays of birds-of-paradise and the pheromone trails of ants, it is a form of communication. However, unlike communication systems governed by genetic ...

Throughout history, human beings have communicated in a variety of ways. Their methods of preserving, storing, accessing and sharing collected information have evolved and continue to evolve with ...

However, unlike communication systems governed by genetic evolution, written communication has followed the rules of cultural evolution. As the wheel evolved from something Sumerian potters first used ...