Consider that before the printing press was invented, the way most words were produced was by writing them by hand. The next time you're using a pen, ask yours

Consider that before the printing press was invented, the way most words were produced was by writing them by hand. The next time you're using a pen, ask yourself whether the letters you're writing seem A. pretty convenient to write, or B. difficult to write for logistical or other reasons. If you're leaning toward A, it's no big surprise since the people who developed and evolved it were also using a writing utensil, as with almost every other http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writing_System http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writing_System. I make no claim about whether it is more or less optimized than other writing systems. People used chisel's here and there, but that has little bearing.