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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
It's even worse than that. Why wasn't man building computers and traveling to the moon and, for that matter, why wasn't he building cold fusion reactors?
I suspect writing, like a lot of other inventions, didn't come along until it was needed. If everyone you know is within earshot, why take time off from eating and breeding to do something as useless as write?
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In about 300 AD an ancient race called the Armenians finally got around to creating their own alphabet to copy this new book going around called "The Bible". It caught on quickly, the king declared it the national religion and they became the first official Christian Nation.
Unless there is a need, it does not get done - just an example.