History of Writing & Printing:

newsmaven.io ^ | 8/24/2019 | Bill Federer

[grey_whiskers]

Elementary, my dear Watson.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Hate to say it but you runed the thread with that post!
:)

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“Papyrus was the main medium to write upon for nearly 3,000 years.”

In upstate New York elementary schools, we were taught about the Egyptians writing on papyrus probably in sixth grade. It’s always stuck with me. Last hear, I started growing papyrus as an annual ornamental plant in my garden. A number of people have remarked about the odd plant and I tell them “It’s papyrus — the plant the Egyptians used to make paper and wrote on. You remember learning about that in school, right?”

Not one person I’ve talked to has ever heard of papyrus. That strikes me as odd, but perfectly emblematic of the dumbing down of education.

[matthew fuller]

Very interesting post, thanks for posting!

[Truthoverpower]

It’s very hard to even get children to read books these days

It’s all the iPhone

[SES1066]

From the article;

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In America:
​ The COUNTRY is controlled by LAWS >
​ LAWS are controlled by POLITICIANS >
​ POLITICIANS are controlled by VOTERS >
​ VOTERS are controlled by PUBLIC OPINION >
​ PUBLIC OPINION is controlled by MEDIA (News, Hollywood, Internet...) & EDUCATION >
​ so whoever controls MEDIA & EDUCATION, controls the COUNTRY.

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Note of present DANGER : AMAZON censors book listings AND book reviews. This is for the benefit of ...?

[TheNext]

Oh yes, but printer cartridges at Walmart cost $5000.00 for Black & White, and $6000.00 for a Color cartridge.
And they only last a month.

So you see, 30 years later, the print catridge costs the same as that old $5000 scanner.

Nothing changes. lol

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Actually, the Hakenkreuz is difficult to write, having six separate lines. Alphabetic symbols need to be distinct and quick and simple to write.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Theses were people in their 20s to late 30s, not just today’s kids.

[Pharmboy]

Just passed by the Ft Meade exit off Colesville Rd on the way to work.

And that behemoth couldn't take pictures or video.

[bitt]

Not one person I’ve talked to has ever heard of papyrus. That strikes me as odd, but perfectly emblematic of the dumbing down of education.

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not to mention that it was a great spelling bee word... but that’s too stressful an activity today, I’m sure.. (there’s a winner..)

[Grimmy]

I’m of the opinion, uneducatedly of course, that what is “known” as the invention of writing now is merely the reinvention of lost capability from a much earlier period of human history.

Potbellied Hill pushed human urban dwelling back significantly in time. I don’t see any reason to believe even older sites wont be found and eventually records of written communication therein.

[SteveH]

this is a different hooked X, investigated by people such as scott wolter

http://scottwolteranswers.blogspot.com/

[perfect stranger]

Jumped the shark once it was cheaper to just buy a new printer when the ink ran out.

[Paal Gulli]

It mentions Gutenberg but leaves out Caxton. William Caxton brought the first moveable-type printing press to England in 1476. At the time English was still in a state of decay because of having been neglected since the Norman Conquest and the rise of the French language among the gentry of England. There were innumerable English dialects because it had become so regionally divergent and the process of it becoming more homogeneous would likely have taken centuries, except for Caxton’s intervention.

A spoken language is malleable but only until it becomes widely available in print. Caxton had a business to run so he couldn’t waste time waiting for a single unified English to emerge so he made arbitrary choices and started printing. And in the doing he shaped the modern language and became probably the single most impactful individual in all its history.