It was only a few years ago that I realised that every major advance in communications, going back to speech and arguably before, had a profound influence on human (or pre-human) society, culture, and interactions.
Shortly after I discovered Elizabeth Eisenstein, who'd pretty much developed that thesis, off the work of Marshall McLuhan, Harold Innis, and with parallels to Harold Lasswell and other media theorists.
Shortly after I discovered Elizabeth Eisenstein, who'd pretty much developed that thesis, off the work of Marshall McLuhan, Harold Innis, and with parallels to Harold Lasswell and other media theorists.
More on that / links / references: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33685661> and <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34906482>.