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Why words are the technology of the future.

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Motion to nominate a candidate for technology of the future: words.

Admittedly, written language is already the technology of the present. Yes, video is believed to be a more tasty, luxurious space for advertising than mere black-and-white glyphs, like the ones Substack trades in.

But for all the last decade’s talk of pivots to video, the vast majority of what the digital revolution has brought into our lives is words.