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      • Senal@programming.devEnglish
        4·
        21 days ago

        Sure, but that’s not the only way people have guarded ideas.

        Secret societies, artisan guilds that only taught it’s members and on occasion killed people who find out their secrets, professions taught only to the direct student.

        Just because the formal idea of something was recorded doesn’t mean it wasnt around before.

        As people we are constantly hoarding knowledge and ideas to benefit is individually or as a tribe.

        • rnercle@sh.itjust.works
          2·
          21 days ago

          As people we are constantly hoarding knowledge and ideas to benefit is individually or as a tribe.

          rather ☞ As people we are constantly sharing knowledge and ideas to benefit collectively

          • Senal@programming.devEnglish
            2·
            20 days ago

            They aren’t mutually exclusive concepts, both can be true.

            The point was that guarding ideas didn’t start with formalised copyright.

    • rnercle@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      21 days ago

      “history” has a clear definition and implies writing… i would have written but apparently my understanding is considered “old conception” now ☞

      The use of symbols, marks, and images appears very early among humans, but the earliest known writing systems appeared c. 5,200 years ago. It took thousands of years for writing systems to be widely adopted, with writing having spread to almost all cultures by the 19th century. The end of prehistory therefore came at different times in different places, and the term is less often used in discussing societies where prehistory ended relatively recently. It is based on an old conception of history that without written records there could be no history.

      • Xaphanos@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        21 hours ago

        Socrates railed against writing. He is credited with saying that it was a crutch that would reduce the human capacity to remember things.