The first three chapters of Gleick is very
informative. Its very interesting but it really took awhile for him to get his
point across. The attention to detail is good because the more information that
is given the better the understanding but it also makes it a tough read because
of the detail that’s in it. “Drums that talk” from my view point of what Gleick
is saying that the drums translate into phrases there not signals or warnings.
I figure that it will be the opposite that the drums would be signals as to who
or what was going on.
When I was little I was in love with Chinese
symbols but I never new the history and what they really meant I just thought
they were cool looking. Chapter 2 gave good understanding as to what they
meant. I never knew the symbols stood for different things that meant other
words or phrases. Chinese writing is like breaking a code as appose to English
where everything means what it says. Its fun when you think of Chinese writing
because you can hide a message in plain site lol.
The reading of the first three chapters was very
informative. I really don’t agree with the detail but the information is
intriguing. I also like the way he broke down our language and its funny how
our language really just appeared. Today we still generate words that have
meaning and people use these words a lot. They have meaning because of the
amount of people that use them. I liked the information in the first three
chapters and I’m looking forward to the next three.
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