The Amazing Evolution of Language

Andy Block
4 min readJul 11, 2020

“May blessings be upon the head of Cadmus, the Phoenicians, or whoever it was that invented books.”

-Thomas Carlyle

It’s difficult to overstate how much of an impact the ancient Phoenicians had on language. The fact that you’re able to read these sentences with such ease and clarity is thanks to innovations made by this ancient culture thousands of years ago.

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Andy Block

'Death of Print' and chatbot survivor & writer; forever student of the story, the self, and the Now ... trying my best not to drop in, tune out, or burn away