The communication imperative
Pygmalion speaking to his statue without hope of being understood (Paris, Bibl. Sainte-Geneviève, 1126, 14th-century Paris)
Human culture has been moving from unintelligibility to intelligibility. From communication barriers to more porosity and clarity. From fewer words to more dialogue, from silence to sound.
Ancient and medieval Europe knew the challen…
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