Rather than whether pre-writing humans were poor thinkers, it feels easy to assume they struggled to build on past knowledge. Also tbh for myself its hard to i

Rather than whether pre-writing humans were poor thinkers, it feels easy to assume they struggled to build on past knowledge. Also tbh for myself its hard to imagine a time pre-writing if we include all kinds of writing including pictography. That they needed to continuously communicate knowledge in new ways and repeatedly to be able to build on previous knowledge. It can also highlight the importance of storytelling, fables, singing, etc.