"The very first humans were probably non-verbal, but they needed a code to understand their relationships to one another — who was boss and who had to do all the nasty chores. For this code, they created words, as they were illiterate and didn't have computers. Different tribes of people quickly developed different codes: Chinese, Latin, Farsi, Rap ... and all the other languages, you know, that were in the world. "
"Press "1" to Begin" was my second science fiction short-short to be printed in the "Futures" column of
NATURE, 3 December 2009, and was also picked up the following year by Concatenation.
(Yes, that NATURE, and yes, they do publish fiction.)
"Press "1" to Begin" was my second science fiction short-short to be printed in the "Futures" column of
NATURE, 3 December 2009, and was also picked up the following year by Concatenation.
(Yes, that NATURE, and yes, they do publish fiction.)
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