Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM to The Internet in Ancient Times@lemmy.world · 2 months agoWhy are you people using ink and clay to record things when there's perfectly good string?en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down10cross-posted to: wikipedia@lemmy.world
arrow-up139arrow-down1external-linkWhy are you people using ink and clay to record things when there's perfectly good string?en.wikipedia.orgFlying Squid@lemmy.worldM to The Internet in Ancient Times@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square7fedilinkcross-posted to: wikipedia@lemmy.world
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoThat’s the problem—how do you restrict literacy to an elite scribal class when everybody has string?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoMy Mayan buddies up north just make it so super complicated that you have to be really talented at drawing or carving. String’s easier though.
That’s the problem—how do you restrict literacy to an elite scribal class when everybody has string?
My Mayan buddies up north just make it so super complicated that you have to be really talented at drawing or carving.
String’s easier though.