Griffin:ISS Writing/Saving Knowledge
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- The First Writing Utensil
- Me want ink.
- Hello, I am the narrator, and this is a scene from the stone ages, or as you neanderthals sometimes call it, "caveman times". The first writing utensil was made in this time, it is the rock, specifically a sharp rock. They were used to make drawing in caves.
- This shows the quill, one of the big writing utensils until the pen and pencil. they weren't the biggest and best thing ever but they became super popular around 700 C.E, and from then on basically they were used all the time.
- Another Utensil, the Quill
- I would use the quill if I had ink. You need ink to use a quill, that's what stays on the paper. If there's no ink, then you are just scratching paper.
- Early Printing
- This shows early printing, kind of. Early printing was carving letters backwards and dipping the blocks in ink, then press the paper down on those blocks. This was invented 220 B.C.E in ancient china.
- I wish I had ink, then I could use my printing blocks and duplicate my posters for my missing cat
- This rare and elusive utensil connects to collective learning because it's the base for much more to come. The quill, the pencil, the pen. It all came from the rock, which is also partly why it was so important, but this isn't an essay about how is rock good. It's about how writing is cool.
- Printing Now
- I wish I had ink, then I could use my printing press so everybody knows about it.
- Johannes Gutenberg created the printing press in 1440. It has been used and expanded upon since then for being in extremely useful tool. It's basically an old version of the printer
- The quill additionally connects to collective learning. It builds off the rock, it makes another, more effective, and more efficient writing utensil. Only usurped by the pen and pencil because they are better. It also allowed people to easily write about their discoveries that others could use to build off of.
- Nineveh Tablets
- Printing was definitely a big breakthrough, making writing and copying things down easier. It wouldn't revolutionize writing, probably because of how time-consuming it is, and how inconsistent it can be. It connects to collective learning because it was built off of in the future with the printing press.
- Invented Literature
- This is the place where literature was likely invented. By the egyptians. They're Idea came from a story, there gods had an argument on whether they should grant humans literature, eventually the god for literature granted a select few to be able to write.
- The printing press, made in 1440 was made and became popular and widespread in Europe for being so mass-produced and its usefulness. It connects to collective learning because of how it was built off printing as a concept and it allowed easier mass production of important historical documents.
- This connects to collective learning because it shows that literature existed way back when. It also has knowledge on this prior civilization, and any discoveries they may have found.
- When Nineveh burnt down all of their stone tablets weren't destroyed, but actually baked harder, and eventually buried into the dirt, protecting them from any dangers.
- this scene connects to collective learning because it shows that writing may have been more widespread, and may have existed before 3500 C.E. Where the earliest writing known comes from, and shows they may have passed information down to other civilisations.
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