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Strange children should smile at each other and say, ‘Let’s play.’
To understand the place of communication in human society, let’s start at the beginning. You could say that the whole story of humanity is wrapped up in the evolution of how we communicate. From wordless grunts to hieroglyphics, the first phonetic alphabets to today’s eBooks, humans have developed remarkable inventions for a single purpose: the transmission of ideas. In the quest to more perfectly share an idea or a thought with others, our methods of communication change, and with it, so too does society.
When we interact with others, we are attempting to establish a visceral connection. When we engage with someone intellectually, emotionally, or ...
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