The way that things are written into the world makes us generic and boring, he says. The idea of telepathically communicating our thoughts to each other is an authoritarian one, writes Frida Ghitis. "We have to make our innermost thoughts accessible and legible," she adds.
In this episode, Mike Gathers chats with Sascha Engel about the themes of his book, Breaking the Alphabet and the tyranny of the written word.
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