The (D)Evolution of Communication

Once, long ago, people needed to convey important information such as "food" or "danger." Language was invented to fill that very important need.

Eventually, language expanded so people could convey other important information such as "friend" or "stranger" or "it's your turn to feed the baby."

Then people began to yearn for a way to pass information on to those they had never met and might never meet. Writing was created to allow this to happen.

When clay tablets proved too heavy and breakable, paper was invented, allowing writing to become more portable.

One day, a person chose to write down a story they had heard so others could enjoy it. That was the beginning of the publishing (well, scribing) industry.

After many years, movable type was invented and books became cheaper to produce. More and more people learned to read and write, as a result.

Centuries later, radio was invented and several radio stations found themselves in need of programming to last the day. New writers leapt to fill the void.

Then came television, then cable television. More and more writers worked to fill the void that demanded more and more words. But the larger the void, the less talented were the writers who strove to fill it.

Then came blogging online and anyone who felt like taking the time to write a blog could express their feelings, their interpretation of world events, or tell us about the latest cute thing their yappy dog had done.

But still were many people unable to help fill the ever increasing void of intelligent words. These people had not the talent, the craft, the patience, or the basic understanding of sentence structure to succeed even as bloggers. And thus was born Twitter, so the twits of the world could insure their drivel was available for all to read.

The End (of civilization as we know it?)