In the computer age, we also break the way that computing machines implement specific characteristics off the Greek and Latin alphabet. So it's not just the alphabet on the page that I'm sort of challenging. It's the leathered way in which all things are sort of implemented in and around us. The process of writing letters on the page makes this vulnerable.
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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