A Timeline of Communication Patterns (part 1) (Work In Progress)
Smiling, touching, watching, copying, talking, listening, singing, dancing, painting, writing, and making – these are the ways we have always connected with one another. From cave paintings to the latest AI models, our methods of communication have been shaped by the culture in which we are born, power hierarchies, and the technologies of our time. But how did early societies manage to encode meaning that could be understood? How did we transition from simple gestures and sounds to complex forms of expression? Early Systems …