Synopsis:
- Communications determine civilizations
- Communications determine people's interests (what they think about),
- languages (how they think about them) and
- communities (where they think about them).
- Mesopotamia: clay tablet, stylus, cuneiform script
- Greece: pen and alphabet
- Middle Ages: pen and paper
- Reformation: press and paper
- 20th century: celluloid, radio waves, ...
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