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Writing originated from flattening physical accounting tokens into two-dimensional signs pressed into clay.

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innovation Where new things come from and how they spread: invention against diffusion, and being near the factory floor.

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  1. Steven Johnson Non-fiction writer, podcaster and occasional TV host
    By transforming a physical, three-dimensional counter into a two-dimensional sign, these early accountants made a momentous step towards history's inaugural information technology: writing.

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