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🎩✨ Oh, look! A man invents a writing system so efficient, everyone thinks it's sorcery! 📜🔮 Because, apparently, efficiency in communication is witchcraft among the illiterati. 🙄🤦‍♂️
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/man-created-written-language-cherokee-did-efficiently-elegantly-peers-thought-magic-180988850/ #writingrevolution #sorceryincommunication #efficiencyiswitchcraft #innovationinwriting #literacydebate #HackerNews #ngated
The Man Who Created a Written Language for the Cherokee Did It So Efficiently and Elegantly, His Peers Thought It Was Magic

Sequoyah’s syllabary faced suspicion initially, but after a demonstration, his version of “talking leaves” was widely embraced. And then the word spread

Smithsonian Magazine