I'm with you --- it was an amazing transformation in our link to the past. But don't underestimate the power of written language to carry on that multi-generat

I'm with you --- it was an amazing transformation in our link to the past. But don't underestimate the power of written language to carry on that multi-generational conversation. We can read the thoughts of people who died thousands of years ago, and we still have a lot to learn from them.