Primer on History and Communication

Way back when--when humans invented language or God created the first modern human (Homo Sapien) from Cro Magnon stock--we had to walk over to another to talk.

Then we domesticated animals and could ride over a distance and speak or deliver a message. This took some thought prior as one had to think of what to say or transcribe said message.

Men still invariably said the wrong thing to women or their mates yet still the human race survived.

With the harnessing of electricity, came the invention of the telegraph, and messages could get sent over greater distances which took some thought, more if having to write the message if for giving it to the telegraph operator--less if sent by telegraphists to each other, which latter state allowed the operators to shoot the fecal matter over greater distances which still took some reflection even to communicate "wassup" to the receiver on the other end, also allowing first recorded LOL message.

Then came the invention of the telephone, which enabled communication with no thought other than dialing some numbers: "Wassup?  Blah, Blah, Blah."

This gave us the ability to initiate communication over longer distances, with less thought except perhaps thinking of what to say on  "break up calls" if done caringly rather than coldly, the latter usually done by men; yet still the race survived even after "white supremacists" got invented to codify slavery.  One wonders whether this electronic invention advanced the species or detracted from it.

Then came the accursed invention of the computer and then progeny: ICBMS, messageboards, email,  hook-ups, intertubes, web pages, laptops (the latter 2 which allow dissemination of stupidity, obnoxious crap, and wry drollery such as mine over the whole wide world and even outer space.

One shudders and hopes and prays humans will survive and civilizations thrive even as we fear the whole damn thing will burst into flames made by ourselves.)