In the beginning was the Word. Then came the fucking word processor. Then came the thought processor. Then came the death of literature. And so it goes.

Dan Simmons
In the beginning was the Word. Then came the fucking...
In the beginning was the Word. Then came the fucking...
In the beginning was the Word. Then came the fucking...
In the beginning was the Word. Then came the fucking...
About This Quote

The last line of William Shakespeare’s play “The Tempest” is a phrase that sums up the story of humanity’s relationship with language. This quote expresses the idea that language is not simply a tool used to communicate ideas, but that it has the power to shape and reshape thought itself. The statement refers to the early days of human civilization, when we would simply speak our thoughts out loud and leave notes for others to understand. But as time went on, we began to write down our thoughts and share them with others.

By doing so, we gave the power to write and share our ideas over to someone else. In this way, language became a means of control instead of a means of liberation.

Source: Hyperion

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