27 Jan
2003
27 Jan
'03
8:09 p.m.
Discussion begins today, January 27, 2003.
You are invited to comment on the following paper (and others) at:
http://www.interdisciplines.org/defispublicationweb/papers/6
Back to the Oral Tradition
Through Skywriting at the Speed of Thought
Stevan Harnad
From the origin of human language 100,000 years ago until the
invention of writing 5000 years ago the oral tradition had been the
principal creator, conserver and communicator of human knowledge. Our
brains are biologically adapted to the tempo of oral interaction in
real time. Lapidary writing lost all of that, but soon skywriting
will again catch up with the speed of thought.
Discussion begins today, January 27 2003.
http://www.interdisciplines.org/defispublicationweb/language/en