The dawn of human communication instigated rapid progress. And the reason was simple – when people began to understand one another, they could share ideas and experiences, and learn faster. Communication enabled the development of complex concepts from simple ones. It’s no coincidence that some of the biggest spurts in technology that we have recently witnessed quickly followed major breakthroughs in communication. This can be traced back from the recent onset of globalisation after Ihe internet’s inception, to the early days of industrialisation soon after Gutenberg pioneered the first commercial printing press.

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