David Christian: Big history | Video on TED.com
Ong (Orality and Literacy) spoke of the importance of human language, and the distinction of literacy in particular. Literacy is integral to "collective learning". Thus far, there hasn't been another species to exhibit this *powerful* ability. It makes us astonishingly different-- distinct from every other intelligent life form that we have discovered. But a trait can be terrible or terrific....
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