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#1 The drums communicated information. They were not just instruments of signaling, like the bugle and the bell in European cultures. They could convey a small set of messages: attack, retreat, come to church.
#2 The drums were not just signaling tools, but also a means of communicating large amounts of information.
#3 The drums were not just signaling tools, but also a means of communicating large amounts of information.
#4 The first crack in the hitherto solid assumption of simultaneity was made by seventeenth-century astronomers and explorers who communicated with drums and bells, not just to signal but to convey large amounts of information.

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Publié par	Everest Media LLC
Date de parution	10 septembre 2022
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9798350001037
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4 Insights from Chapter 5 Insights from Chapter 6 Insights from Chapter 7 Insights from Chapter 8 Insights from Chapter 9 Insights from Chapter 10 Insights from Chapter 11 Insights from Chapter 12 Insights from Chapter 13 Insights from Chapter 14 Insights from Chapter 15
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

the drums communicated information. They were not just instruments of signaling, like the bugle and the bell in European cultures. They could convey a small set of messages: attack, retreat, come to church.

#2

The drums were not just signaling tools, but also a means of communicating large amounts of information.

#3

The drums were not just signaling tools, but also a means of communicating large amounts of information.

#4

The first crack in the hitherto solid assumption of simultaneity was made by seventeenth-century astronomers and explorers who communicated with drums and bells, not just to signal but to convey large amounts of information.

#5

The first crack in the hitherto solid assumption of simultaneity was made by seventeenth-century astronomers and explorers who communicated with drums and bells, not just to signal but to convey large amounts of information.

#6

The first crack in the hitherto solid assumption of simultaneity was made by seventeenth-century astronomers and explorers who communicated with drums and bells, not just to signal but to convey large amounts of information.

#7

The drums were not just signaling tools, but also a means of communicating large amounts of information.

#8

The drum language is a great example of how the drums were not just signaling tools, but also a means of communicating large amounts of information.

#9

The first crack in the hitherto solid assumption of simultaneity was made by seventeenth-century astronomers and explorers who communicated with drums and bells, not just to signal but to convey large amounts of information.

#10

The first crack in the hitherto solid assumption of simultaneity was made by seventeenth-century astronomers and explorers who communicated with drums and bells, not just to signal but to convey large amounts of information.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The first crack in the hitherto solid assumption of simultaneity was made by seventeenth-century astronomers and explorers who communicated with drums and bells, not just to signal but to convey large amounts of information.

#2

The first crack in the hitherto solid assumption of simultaneity was made by seventeenth-century astronomers and explorers who communicated with drums and bells, not just to signal but to convey large amounts of information.

#3

The first crack in the hitherto solid assumption of simultaneity was made by seventeenth-century astronomers and explorers who communicated with drums and bells, not just to signal but to convey large amounts of information.

#4

The Chinese writing system is the most complex and the most efficient, because it uses the fewest symbols to represent the most words. The alphabet, on the other hand, is the most reductive and the most subversive, because it uses just one symbol to represent one minimal sound.

#5

The first crack in the hitherto solid assumption of simultaneity was made by seventeenth-century astronomers and explorers who communicated with drums and bells, not just to signal but to convey large amounts of information.

#6

the first crack in the hitherto solid assumption of simultaneity was made by seventeenth-century astronomers and explorers who communicated with drums and bells, not just to signal but to convey large amounts of information.

#7

The written word was a prerequisite for conscious thought, and the written word required the human brain to be able to think, which required the development of the human brain.

#8

The written word was a prerequisite for conscious thought, and the written word required the human brain to be able to think, which required the development of the human brain.

#9

The first crack in the previously solid assumption of simultaneity was made by seventeenth-century astronomers and explorers who communicated with drums and bells, not just to signal but to convey large amounts of information.

#10

The written word was a prerequisite for conscious thought, and the written word required the human brain to be able to think, which required the development of the human brain.

#11

The first crack in the previously solid assumption of simultaneity was made by seventeenth-century astronomers and explorers who communicated with drums and bells, not just to signal but to convey large amounts of information.

#12

The first crack in the previously solid assumption of simultaneity was made by seventeenth-century astronomers and explorers who communicated with drums and bells, not just to signal but to convey large amounts of information.

#13

The first crack in the previously solid assumption of simultaneity was made by seventeenth-century astronomers and explorers who communicated with drums and bells, not just to signal but to convey large amounts of information.

#14

The first crack in the previously solid assumption of simultaneity was made by seventeenth-century astronomers and explorers who communicated with drums and bells, not just to signal but to convey large amounts of information. The written word was a prerequisite for conscious thought, and the written word required the human brain to be able to think, which required the development of the human brain.

#15

up to a point, maybe. But three centuries earlier, Thomas Hobbes saw the preliterate culture more clearly, and he could see the preliterate culture more clearly because he was literate.
Insights from Chapter 3

#1

The first crack in the previously solid assumption of simultaneity was made by seventeenth-century astronomers and explorers who communicated with drums and bells, not just to signal but to convey large amounts of information.

#2

The alphabet was developed to convey large amounts of information, and it was developed to allow the human brain to think. The written word was a prerequisite for conscious thought, and the written word required the development of the human brain.

#3

The alphabet was developed to convey large amounts of information, and it was developed to allow the human brain to think. The written word was a prerequisite for conscious thought, and the written word required the development of the human brain.

#4

-> The first crack in the previously solid assumption of simultaneity was made by seventeenth-century astronomers and explorers who communicated with drums and bells, not just to signal but to convey large amounts of information.

#5

Cawdrey’s Table Alphabeticall was not self-evident. He knew he could not count on his readers to be versed in alphabetical order, so he tried to produce a small how-to manual. He struggled with this: whether to describe the ordering in logical, schematic terms or in terms of a step-by-step procedure, an algorithm.

#6

The alphabet was developed to convey large amounts of information, and it was developed to allow the human brain to think. The written word was a prerequisite for conscious thought, and the written word required the development of the human brain.

#7

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