Letterwriting and the conversation was further blurred by the custom of dictating outgoing letters described and having incoming letters read aloud. You were someone like cicero or caesar, you would have ascribed. Caesar was famous for being able to dictate to letters at once. You would be dictating letters to them. You would have a staff of messengers who would carry these messages to your friends. Incoming messages brought a scroll. Romans like cicero and caesar were capable of reading and writing. They got more done if they use describes. The role played by scribes and messengers, most of her slaves, is akin to the role that broadband plays for us today. The reason why we can do social media that is very tweet cheap and fast. When the romans it was also cheap and fast. They had slavery. It was cheaper than it had been before. The romans were a literate society. They were able to have this social media ecosystem where they passed messages to each other several times a day. It looked
The American Enterprise institute beginning at 1 30 p. M. Eastern here on cspan2. Cspan, created by americas Cable Companies this 1979, brought to you as a Public Service by your television provider. Host and best selling author tom standage has a new book out, and its called writing on the wall. Tom standage, what do cicero and twitter have in common . Guest well, the idea of the book is that social media is a very old idea. We think that its recent and only people alive today have ever done it. But really what im arguing is theres a very long and rich tradition of social media that goes back to the era of cicero, so thats the First Century b. C. , and the point is that you dont need a Digital Network to do social media. If you have one, it goes faster, but you could actually do it in the old days. Cicero did it with papyrus rolls and ore members other members of the roman elites were linked to him and all spoke to each other, and its very much a social environment. But there are many
HOUGHTON Money may have been a motive in the murder of a Hancock Township man, a family member told police during the investigation. Jacob Kempainen, 20,
HOUGHTON Money may have been a motive in the murder of a Hancock Township man, a family member told police during the investigation. Jacob Kempainen, 20, a
HANCOCK The Hancock School Board at the regular December meeting on Monday, unanimously approved the superintendent contract between the School District and