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the art of failing to be understood at increasingly sophisticated speeds
means The act of conveying information, ideas, or feelings between people, whether by words, gestures, signals, or technology.
from From Latin 'communicare,' meaning 'to share' or 'to make common,' which springs from 'communis' — 'common, shared by all.' So at its root, communication is the act of making something held by one person common to many. The word entered English in the late Middle Ages, sharing its family tree with 'common,' 'community,' and 'commune' — all bound by that same Latin idea of things held together rather than alone.
- mostly silent
- Tone and body carry more meaning than words
- bee dialect
- Honeybees dance directions to flowers in figure eights
- delayed echo
- Voyager 1 signals take over 22 hours to arrive
- shared myth
- Most messages succeed only when both sides misread equally
the rosetta stone — ancient egyptian artifact decoded three languages in 196 bce, unlocking hieroglyphics
the telephone — alexander graham bell's 1876 invention that transmitted voice over electrical wires
the printing press — gutenberg's 1440 movable type technology that mass-produced books across europe
the internet — global network system launched 1969, enabling worldwide digital communication and data exchange