Sunday, January 22, 2012

Talk

It's a song by Coldplay.
Though I must confess that they simply put words to what has been the central theme of humanity for millennia. It's an amazing capacity, really. We can open our mouths and communicate anything we want.
We can learn French.
We can learn Spanish.
We can speak Arabic if our beating cardiacs desire.
We can give speeches at conferences.
Whisper in someone's ear.
We can write a letter.
We can we write a book.
We communicate with lights.
We communicate with bumps.
We figured out how to make electric signals pass through wire and air. Now we can talk to anyone with the right device ANYWHERE in the world.
Phones. Paper. Radio. Video. Television. Art. Smoke signals. Satellites. Gestures. Signs.

All of this. Thousands of years of development and linguistic evolution.
I just want to talk.
Really. Talk. 

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