modern Humans or ‘homo sapiens’ have been living since 200,000 years. But the proof of first ever writing was dating back to 3200 BC. Before the written culture was adopted everyone followed oral culture.

The great Greek philosophers Socrates and Plato believed that writing was not an effective means of communicating knowledge.

They considered writing to be an ‘alien technology’. They regarded writing to be inhumane by stating that writing destroys memory. They also claimed that written text is unresponsive.

In the total absence of any writing, there was nothing outside the writer, no text, to enable him or her to produce the same line of thought again or to even verify whether he has done so or not.

Many problems started to arise due to this and soon writing was adopted.

There are more benefits to writing than just recording history. Without writing, human consciousness cannot achieve its full potentials, cannot produce other beautiful and powerful creations. Writing is absolutely necessary for the development of many fields such as science, history, philosophy, the understanding of literature and also the explanation of oral speech itself.

Just as a television is an extension of one’s sight, a car is an extension of one’s limbs, a phone is an extension of one’s hearing and speech, writing is an extension of one’s thoughts.

Thus, in many ways, writing not only heightens one’s consciousness but also enhances one’s life.

So, what are you waiting for?

Start writing and heighten your consciousness!

Until next time

How you speak is more important than what you speak

All of us use words to communicate with each other without even realising the tone in which we use them.

Words themselves don’t have any value,but the tone tells us whether it was positive or negative.

Many conflicts arise not because of words themselves but the tone in which they were used.

Most conflicts can be avoided just changing the tone our voice

When we change the tone of our voice, the way we perceive things also changes. we begin to think more rationally and make better decisions.

So, let us harness the power of our tone and build a better future!

Thank you and have a great day!

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You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.

Why do this?

• Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
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• Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
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• If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?

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