...es Information Technology Tales By expanding the sharing of knowledge, time after time InfoTech upset the balance of power within m... ...L For becoming my smart, beautiful bride in 1949 and then giving fully of herself to me and our wonderful family incomparable love, care, feeding... ...ove, care, feeding, fun, and friendship. Also for her perceptive editing of my copy over many decades, especially during the writing of this book.... ...r perceptive editing of my copy over many decades, especially during the writing of this book. Epigraph Neither to persuade nor indoctrinate... ...listen. We easily hallucinate word boundaries. Spaces, such as you see in writing, are absent from speech. Yet somehow we find it easy to make sense... ...y changing the structure of words and sentences, the monk from York makes writing forever easier to read. 9. Largest Land Empire Ever Illiterate... ...he technology involving the development, maintenance, and use of computer systems, software, and networks for the processing and distribution of data... ...abor, and commodities—came trade and the need to keep accounts. Judicial systems built upon oral decrees rested upon shaky mnemonic foundations. I... ...eties demanded. So they translated spoken words into symbol-shape writing systems. In the beginning, symbols, such as those of animals and farm com...

...This book also begins with that wondrous first Information Technology and then moves on to tales about the wonders of the written word—great stories, many of them likely new to most readers. In them, you‘ll find all the backgrounds, foregrounds, premises, conclusions, and surprises that make up the best and most valuable books. This boo...

...Information Technology Tales By expanding the sharing of knowledge, time after time InfoTech upset the balance of power within m... ...L For becoming my smart, beautiful bride in 1949 and then giving fully of herself to me and our wonderful family incomparable love, care, feeding... ...ove, care, feeding, fun, and friendship. Also for her perceptive editing of my copy over many decades, especially during the writing of this book.... ...r perceptive editing of my copy over many decades, especially during the writing of this book. Epigraph Neither to persuade nor indoctrinate... ...listen. We easily hallucinate word boundaries. Spaces, such as you see in writing, are absent from speech. Yet somehow we find it easy to make sense... ...y changing the structure of words and sentences, the monk from York makes writing forever easier to read. 9. Largest Land Empire Ever Illiterate... ...he technology involving the development, maintenance, and use of computer systems, software, and networks for the processing and distribution of data... ...abor, and commodities—came trade and the need to keep accounts. Judicial systems built upon oral decrees rested upon shaky mnemonic foundations. I... ...eties demanded. So they translated spoken words into symbol-shape writing systems. In the beginning, symbols, such as those of animals and farm c...

...This book also begins with that wondrous first Information Technology and then moves on to tales about the wonders of the written word—great stories, many of them likely new to most readers. In them, you‘ll find all the backgrounds, foregrounds, premises, conclusions, and surprises that make up the best and most valuable books....

...m whence cometh language, the InfoTech that lets us dominate our planet? We listen. We easily hallucinate word boundaries. Spaces, such as you see in writing, are absent from speech. Yet somehow we find it easy to make sense of speech. -- 2. The Gift of Memory-For millennia, mnemonics reigned over commerce, news, entertainment, and the perpetuation and refinement of crafts...